That my oldest daughter was born. Yes, this was my original due date. And then at some point in my pregnancy, it was changed to June 12th. I liked June 9th much better. First, 3 days earlier sounded good to me. But most importantly, my maternal grandmother, who I was extremely close to, had passed away on June 9th 3 years earlier. Talk about the circle of life had my daughter been born that day. But my dear, sweet daughter was stubborn and liked her internal home. She wasn't going anywhere...

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My best friend for the past few years has weathered my storms of divorce with me with grace and true kindness. When I suspected my ex of cheating, she said "give me his license plate number and I'm going to see if he's where you think he is". She sat with me for 6 hours one cold Friday night outside of an apartment after finding his vehicle there to watch him come out just so I could prove that I knew what I was talking about, just so my ex could no longer lie to me and just so I wouldn't...

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My daughters have been out of school for about a week and a half now. And there's yet to be a dull moment though sometimes I wish I could find one. Much of the happenings haven't been pleasant either. The last day of school went well, I attended the awards day at school and off my daughters and I went to start our summer break. All was good until that night when my youngest, who seldom complains about anything, said she didn't feel good. She had a sore throat and said her stomach hurt. Sure...

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I have something on my mind and really I'm not sure whether to discuss this with my friend or just write about it and be done with it. Am I taking something that has nothing to do with me too personally?
As some may know, I was divorced in September 07. Several months prior to that I found out my then husband of 20 years was cheating on me. Our marriage was never perfect. WE married young, had financial woes for the first few years but worked hard and dug our way out of the hole. We were...

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Yesterday was Mother's Day and while my kids didn't think the gift they gave me was very good, I thought it was wonderful. You see, they were suppose to go shopping with their dad on Saturday to get a gift for Mother's Day, spend the night with him and come home Sunday morning. They ask if they could just spend the whole weekend with me and their dad agreed and said since they weren't going to stay with him, he wasn't taking them shopping. Mature for a 41 year old, eh? What he must not realize...

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