What do they say: rainy days and Mondays always get me down?
Well, normally neither bother me too much and it's not raining but today is the first day of school! On a Monday??? What a way to start a week. I offically have a 4th grader and 2nd grader. It sure was hard to wake up early, shower, dress, make breakfast(which wasn't eaten because of nerves), pack lunches, take the obligatory first day of school pictures, try to help calm nerves while battling my own case of the butterflies...

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you're chasing your tail? I sure do lately. School is starting in just a few days so we've been trying to get school clothes together, buying the few needed items, the monsterous lists of supplies and the items we have already at home that need to be found, washed or just put in the backpack. Along with that, I've been trying to help my mom and dad out some. My mom's health has had a major decline over the past year, though she's had health problems for years. My dad isn't in the best of health...

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It's been almost 1 year since my soon to be ex and I talked about changing our lives. I really can't believe it's been that long. I feel like it was just yesterday. I can remember the day, the phone call, what I was wearing, what I was doing and how I felt after that first talk. I felt like I had been hit by a semi truck, almost sick, nervous, scared. The next couple of months didn't feel much better as we had decided to see if we still felt the same then. He did, I did so forward we went....

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This was sent to me and I feel it's worth sharing. I don't know if it's true or not but if it makes even one person stop and think for just a minute, puts a smile on your face or a tear in your eye or changes how you do one thing in life, then's it's worth sharing, true or not.
~~Enjoy~~
The pickle jar as far back as I can remember sat on the floor
beside the dresser in my parents' bedroom. When he got ready for bed, Dad would empty his pockets and toss his coins into the...

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I never knew how important the title Mom was until I became a mom 9 years ago. Of course, I had a mom and loved her but never fully appreciated the full meaning of a Mom's job, a Mom's love and a Mom's place in our lives until I had the joy of being a mom myself.
I love being a Mom. It's the best, most rewarding and yet most difficult job I've ever had. I got married the day after I turned 19 and had decided that I wasn't ready to be a mom and didn't know that I ever would be ready. My...

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