So many things come to an end in June, and I'm usually ready for it to be done at that time. This year my oldest graduated 8th grade! I'm still in amazement at how fast the time flew by for us. It has been quite the journey. We have tackled so much and being out of school now just for a week has also shown me how much my boys have matured. I find that I too have matured and … [Read more...]

And that's about how I feel this week in June, upside down! I'm telling you that this year is really kicking me in the ass. Nothing major, but just one series of unfortunate events after the other with incredible triumphs in between. Such is life though, filled with ups and downs. My oldest is on his final week of school. He will be a freshman next year and I just can't … [Read more...]

Yes, there is a lesson for that photo, or one of the many lessons I have learned thus far in May. These last two weeks have been another personal growing experience for me. Back in February I wrote a post about my husband being away and what I learned. It is now May and he has been away for two weeks now! This is the longest time we have been apart since we have been together! … [Read more...]

Even though the weather has been a bit chaotic, it still is Spring! As I'm writing this piece hunched over the table at the diner, I can't help but wonder what the waitress eyeballing me is thinking. Maybe she thinks I'm a great writer incognito and she's wondering if she has read anything that I have written. More likely she's thinking that I had one too many glasses of wine … [Read more...]

This has been an annoying week. I probably shouldn't be writing this right now. I'm aggravated. March still hasn't shaped up to be what I was hoping for, but it hasn't been horrible. I'm keeping my head up and pushing forward. I'm trying to stay open to the possibility of the unknown and letting the universe send me on an adventure. After all I don't have a choice, but I do … [Read more...]