Another throwback from my “My Life In the Fat Suit” blog from 2012- Eric and I have now been married 16 years so if anything, I’m even less cute now! Fortunately, our vision becomes soft focus in direct proportion to our spouses wrinkles, apparently! Regardless of how I’m feeling, the man still tells me I’m…
Read MoreHow Did You Get There?
The one thing that can always be counted on as a parent of multiple children…you will at some point lose one. Actually, you’re an excellent parent if you only lose one…and still a good parent if after losing one…or two…or three…they all still end up with you before bedtime. I am not an excellent parent…
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Why You Need Good Friends
Friendships are important at any age. I’ve been truly blessed to be surrounded by some amazing women and men over the years. They have carried me through a myriad of issues over the years and continue to provide me stability when I’m surrounded by insanity. One of my friends compares me to Lucille Ball or…
Read MoreSingle Parenting…not for sissies…
I had a conversation recently regarding my 9-year stint as a single Mom. Eric and I have been married for 16 years so it seems long ago and far away…and yet some of my fondest memories are from that time. I believe that those years gave me the foundation to have a true compassion for…
Read MoreOpen the Floodgates
I was lying on the couch yesterday and had the strangest sensation – a true déjà vu. A very old memory surfaced and almost brought tears to my eyes. It was a memory of the day Matthew was born. I was lying on a bed in the recovery room after my C-section. I couldn’t move…
Read MoreI am a Mother-in-Law
I am a mother-in-law. I’m still in a bit of shock about this…a very happy shock…but shock just the same. I have a beautiful and sweet daughter-in-law that is preparing to leave her family and friends to be with her husband, my eldest son Christopher, on an Army base in North Carolina. The moving van…
Read MoreI Don’t Know How That Happened!
My youngest son is a nurse. This fact brings me a great deal of pride…not only because I feel that he is following in my footsteps but also because I feel that I somehow knew that this would happen at some point. That point came after we refurbished our bathroom. Why we felt the need…
Read MoreAn Endless Supply of Wants and Needs
Someone asked me the other day “When do your kids begin needing you less?” I had to stop and think. We have three young men of ages 26, 24, and 22. Do they need me less….then when? Then when they were newborns? Yep…all of them are weaned and no one is still on the bottle.…
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Mothering, Marriage and Menopause 