My 5-year-old just graduated preschool. This means I must enroll my new kindergartener into our school system with her older siblings. I must re-enter her identity into our faulty system to keep track of her records. I am incredibly proud. She has excelled, so far, in this journey. She’s been above average for a normalContinue reading “Pre-K Graduation”
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Peace in chaos
I’ve had a rough few months. My family is good, but everything else is crazy hard, right now. I have been in tears more times than I can count. I understand that it all works out, but I don’t understand how. Which is the right move? Where is the right step to make it better?Continue reading “Peace in chaos”
Daily Writing Prompt 4/3/23
Answering the prompt; Which aspects do you think makes a person unique? My answer at this time will have to be trauma. Everyone experiences trauma. Newborns experience the trauma of birth, and the sick and elderly experience the trauma of facing the end of their life and no one is exempt from the traumas inContinue reading “Daily Writing Prompt 4/3/23”
It’s Friday the 13th!
Have to post a blog on Friday, the 13th so everyone knows that it’s just a day…. A wonderful day! All great things happen on Friday the 13th! I have never thought of any day as “bad” or “unlucky” so, I experience no dissonance when expressing my love for Halloween and Friday the 13th. Always,Continue reading “It’s Friday the 13th!”
Merry Christmas! 🎄
Well, I know not everyone celebrates Christmas, but this story is about Christmas. My mother has always loved Christmas and I could never figure out why. I have always felt slighted by Christmas… like I had done something wrong to get on Santa’s bad side. I never got what I asked for, nor what IContinue reading “Merry Christmas! 🎄”
The little things…
Should we start by saying that big things come in small packages? Or, maybe mention how small talk brings a big impact? How about my favorite sayng when I was in high school, “I may be small, but I’m mean and mighty”! There are so many ways that the seemingly insignificant has brought about revolutionaryContinue reading “The little things…”
Starting again
Where some may find me insane, others find me heroic for beginning my masters degree at this time. Please, allow me to give a little insight; I am currently one month away from being half a century in age, I have 5 children age 2 to 10 in my home, my childcare assistance has beenContinue reading “Starting again”
I am a guide, not a guru
Most of the time, I know what I need to do. There are times that I am not able to do what I know I need to. I struggle with the need to be prepared to assist others in what they ask of me. Fear grips my soul when I realize that I am tryingContinue reading “I am a guide, not a guru”
Toxicity
Your situation is unique to yourself. No one shares the same experience. Something toxic to one may be a simple challenge to another…. and a comfort to still another! We must learn to not generalize toxicity. This may actively generate guilt in others that don’t see it that way. There are certain situations that requireContinue reading “Toxicity”
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