My 83-year-old father has taught me a great deal in my life. My favorite lesson, however, will always be how to simply try to make people smile. In May, my father experienced a heart attack. We were grateful that it happened while he was in San Diego rather than on the road My father lives…
Read MoreGrandmothering, Mothering, Marriage, and Menopause…
It’s happened. I am a Grandmother to a beautiful baby boy, Zander, that looks remarkably identical to my firstborn. My daughter-in-law showed a baby picture of my son, Christopher, to her friend and she assumed it was a picture of Zander. I have to mention that we have a picture of Christopher at 18 that…
Read MorePoetry Sunday
Waiting is always hard, isn’t it? My daughter-in-law was induced yesterday to prevent complications from PIH (pregnancy induced hypertension) and here we sit, on the other side of the country awaiting news. We will be flying out next month but for now, we are keeping our thoughts and prayers on a safe delivery. I’m having…
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It’s All a Matter of Perspective…
I recently found myself in a strange situation. I unintentionally annoyed someone that I didn’t know, and I felt misunderstood. I was in a checkout line at Costco and was very distracted from the day, which presents itself as me staring off into space. Except my “space” was in the direct visual line of another…
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And that’s why we can’t have nice things…
We raised three boys. That should be enough of an explanation for the title but I feel like I should probably give you a little more than that. I’ve already written about our house fire (Read Here) spurred on by a candle, a stack of newspaper and an emotional girlfriend. I don’t believe I have…
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Time for a Reboot
I’ve been off work all week. Part of this week was planned as “take my Dad to appointments” days. My original schedule was 2 days at work and 3 days off. Then Friday came…followed by Saturday…and Sunday…and each day I realized that my stress levels were overflowing and coming out my mouth. It seemed prudent…
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What Does Depression Look Like?
I wrote a post a few weeks ago about Suicidal Ideation. I had someone ask me what my depression looked like when I was at my worst. I had to stop and think because I’m not sure what it looked like from the outside since I was experiencing it on the inside. Here is as…
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Father’s Day
Today is Father’s Day and I am blessed to be surrounded by some pretty amazing fathers. I decided to share about the men that I have been blessed to know and a little fun fact about each of them. My Husband – Of course I have to start with Eric. I am married to a…
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The Demon in Depression
I’m what many people would consider a generally happy person. I love making people laugh (to the chronic irritation of my boss during managers meetings) and tend to try to look at challenges as “opportunities” rather than problems. I sing in the hallway of my workplace and start celebrating Christmas in June. I also have…
Read MoreOur Day at Juvenile Court
Juvenile Court – the mear mention makes most of us think – “not my kid!” Yep…I thought so too. I never expected to raise a law-breaker. I expected that all of my boys would make mistakes, but none that would drag us before a judge…especially by the time they were 8 years-old. Life doesn’t always…
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Mothering, Marriage and Menopause 