My husband celebrated his birthday this year by spending three days in Idyllwild. He turned 58 years old – we met when he was 39. I was a single divorced mother with three kids and he was a single divorced man with two dogs. We actually met while I was on a date at a…
Read MoreSo we are one month back from the cruise and have jumped full on into the stress of everyday life. This does not stop us from wistfully longing to return to the easy sway of our balcony in time to the ocean or to be floating in the underground river in Playa del Carmen. We…
Read MoreI have a couple of blog posts that I haven’t finished yet, but for some reason, this poem was bursting out of me yesterday. I hope you enjoy…. People come in layers They’re oft not what they seem As we look upon the outside, Unblemished and pristine We see only the surface Without a second…
Read MoreEric and I are heading out on a cruise soon…one of the perks of being Empty Nesters. When the eaters leave, you tend to have extra funds. We are headed to the Carribean in a big ship with our own balcony – thankfully, since that may be the only place I’m comfortable in a bathing…
Read MoreI was given an opportunity this week – one that both excited and terrified me. Our Women’s Ministry was holding a health conference – focused on the acronym SWEAT – She Will Endure All Things. Topics ranged from Meditation to Stretching and the main speakers discussed Passion and Perseverance. There was even a full-on exercise…
Read MoreSo….our cruise is coming in 20 days…a little less than 3 weeks. We started planning this six months ago. I had a plan. Actually, I had several plans. At this point, my plan is to…make peace with myself over my lack of follow-through with my plans. If not, I will spend the entire cruise hiding…
Read MoreWe all have guilty pleasures. One of mine is walking around Target. I feel that it’s actually one of my better choices since a) it provides a form of exercise- especially if I get that cart with the sticky wheel, and b) it doesn’t add overall caloric intake (unless I hit up the popcorn on…
Read MoreI started and never finished several blog posts this week and finally decided to search back into my past, and pull up another oldie but memorable. This is from 2009 – It gave me a laugh to know that I am nothing but consistent. I still hardly ever wear dresses…and I still have legs that…
Read MoreI have insomnia…not the kind that prevents me from falling asleep but the kind that prevents me from staying asleep. Falling asleep I got down. Put me in the passenger seat in a car and I’m out. Let me lie down on the couch with an episode of NCIS, and I’ll have to rewind it…
Read MoreI was a die-hard Steven King fan in my early 20’s. I started with “The Long Road” from The Bachman Books and kept reading everything King wrote for years. Having grown up in the era of Freddy Krueger and Michael Myers, it makes sense that horror was a genre that was appealing. I remember reading…
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Mothering, Marriage and Menopause 