Monday, March 20, 2006
Keep It Simple!!!!
This year's St. Patrick's Day came and went with no special events, much like they have for the last 14 years. It was in 1992, my last St. Patrick's Day celebration got out of hand, and I found myself in more trouble than I could have ever imagined. He was never a very good saint to me, but I can...
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Thursday, March 9, 2006
How Can They Do It?
I don't understand how they do it. The boys can repeatedly listen to the song "There's A Hole In The World Tonight". Their father was a huge Eagles fan, and prior to his passing, he had the opportunity to see them in concert. I remember how excited he was, like a kid on Christmas morning for this...
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Friday, February 17, 2006
Who Am I?
I didn't realize how much of my idea of self is tied up in my job. Having my contract end after 1-1/2 years, I'm finding myself lost. The many battles with teachers, lack of car and computer have not helped recently. Today, I'm back, 110%. I've done job searches, went to interviews and been involved...
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Thursday, February 9, 2006
The Cruelty of Children
My heart is breaking with the thought that kids could be so cruel to each other. Rocky is a young boy on the cusp of his teenage years. He has a heart of gold, my gentle giant. Out of all the boys he’s probably had the most severe adjustment to make. Last year he was the most well known child in his...
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Friday, February 3, 2006
Poster Child for Normal...Eddie Haskell?
The most important thing I hope for my children is that they stand up for themselves, think independently, not just follow someone blindly. Apparently that is not the model of today's education system. I've observed what today's teachers classify as "normal". It is Eddie Haskell. Who'd think that a...
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Friday, January 27, 2006
Winds of Change
I should probably be stressed out at the moment, but instead I'm full of confidence and calm. My freelance contract ended today, which would normally have me coming unglued, full of what if's. It feels like a blessing instead. It was becoming too much of a chore to get up and out the door in the...
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Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Here's To A Brighter 2006
This has been such a tough Christmas. The blending that was going so well, hit a few potholes. Most of December we've hung on by a thread. Everytime one issue is worked through; a new one arises. Most of which have begun as minor forms of miscommunication, with a child who has a strong tendancy of...
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Tuesday, November 29, 2005
One Year...
It's well noted that my ex and I had some very volitile times in the past. It's amazing how terminal illness breaks through all the hard feelings. After all the fighting, harsh words, and ill feelings...his death still hit me harder than I ever expected. After all the time of wishing he would die,...
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Saturday, November 19, 2005
Birthday Blues...
Celebrating my birthday becomes more of a struggle each and every year. The worst was turning 41. My birth mother died when she was that age, and it haunted me. What if I were to have the same fate. In a sense it is relief to be turning a year older, but it's instead a time of year that Donna Sue...
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Monday, November 14, 2005
A Sigh of Relief
I can breathe a sigh of relief. I FINALLY heard from Michael, my eldest son. The last time we spoke he was angry, I was livid, and to say the least our conversation was not warm and loving. His life was again in shambles, lost job, home, friends and this time family. He threw out the notion that he...
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