Getting Back To It

I knew it had been awhile but, I didn’t realize it had been this long, since I wrote.  A lot has gone on, since my last entries.  Life has been busy–Single mom, working two jobs, going through the divorce, moving, not to mention the regular daily responsibilities.  There just has not been time to do …

The Very Inspiring Bloggers Award

Well I do not know what to say. I’m still in shock. I know, this is not the Grammy awards, but to see that someone else, who is going through so much more than I am, recognize my blog  for being inspiring, takes my breath away. It’s quite ironic I have been having a rough …

Part 3: Watching Your Mother Slowly Die

Yes, I received yet another phone call. It was another aunt. “you need to stop whatever it is you are planning on packing, and you need to get into your car and drive tonight. She’s calling for you. I need you to sit down and listen to what I have to warn you about.” I …

Part 2: Watching Your Mother Slowly Die

July 16th, 2006: 11 a.m. the phone rang, it was a number from back home. I answered. It was my aunt from home, she had been crying. “You need to come home now,” she was trying to be strong but she broke down in tears. “My God your mother is going to kill me if …

Part 1: Watching Your Mother Slowly Die

May 2006: The phone call was not out of the ordinary. Mom and I talked a bunch of times throughout the day, emailed one another. This day she dropped the bomb, “if something happens to me it’s not a sudden thing; something is wrong.” I stumbled on the words “What are you talking about?” Mom …

Day 1: Hours after my Nova Sure and Essure Procedures

All right ladies….and gentlemen. In a previous post I told you I had decided to get the Nova Sure and Essure procedures done.  Bye Bye Aunt Flo Today, I had the procedure done. I am sure the guys are wondering and maybe some ladies are wondering “why is she talking about the monthly?” We need …

Phriends or Friends

No, that is not a typographical error in the title.  It’s one of the many life lessons my mother taught me. There are friends and then there are phriends. She also said there is family and then there is phamily. You know the type; they only come around when they need/want something or when it’s …

Bye Bye Aunt Flo

Ok Ok, I know like many of you want to hear about the women issues of the Aunt Flo. Well as probably much as you are hearing about Aunt Flo….I’m about slap tired of having her over every month. I started calling it my mother in law.  For some reason I was only around the …

Molestation: What doesn’t kill you; makes you stronger.

I was three, I wanted to watch the new Muppets Movie that came out of Laser Disk (anyone remember those?). I couldn’t because my grandfather wanted me to watch something else. The memory for me is like looking down a highway with dense fog.  It was my first introduction to pornography.  I remember crying. Naked …

The Independent Woman

It’s not easy being an independent woman. Men are attracted to us; but they don’t know what the hell to do once they have us. Last week as I was working on my “Getting To Know Me” post, a friend of mine pulled up. I was actually putting in a section in the post of …

Happy Canada Day and Independence Day:

I love this time of year. For me it brings back a lot of memories.  July 1st (Canada Day) was an awesome time of year. It would be something I looked forward to. It was almost better than Christmas. First the Canada Day parade, then once the parade was over the festivities began. The local …

Getting To Know Me

It’s taken me about a week to get a chance to get be able to write. Single mom here, as much as I love to write with the kiddos and working and all the “life” tasks and responsibilities I have, I just don’t get the opportunity to pump out the writings as much as I …

Originally posted on Margaret and Helen:
 HELEN: Margaret, for the life of me I cannot understand how Republican politicians can be so  fixated on telling women what we can and cannot do with our bodies but then be so incensed that we would actually use the medically correct term to describe our front butt.  Yes. …

It’s Mom Time

Yes it is that time once again. Jack came to pick up the kids today at noon, and he will have them until Wednesday before he goes to work. As much as I love mom time; my time, I miss the kids while they are gone. I also know it is equally important for us …

Your Relationship is Over; Don’t Replace it With a New One

One of the HUGE differences about Jack and I; he jumps; I hold back. In the marriage it drove him nuts that I would have to think about something. It would frustrated me to no end. In his mind I couldn’t make a decision. I can also be impulsive, but most of the time I …