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Families Make Tough Choices This Weekend

What used to be a great time over the summer for our family has turned into…well a horrible time for families just like ours. Ever since we’ve moved out of the state of Michigan in 2000, we came home on the 4th of July holiday weekend. My husband’s late grandmother, Grandma Tootsie, celebrated her birthday [...]

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• Barack, Britney, Birthdays: A time review

  It’s been 5 months today that my alter ego has spoken a word to you all, well, it’s not my alter ego technically, it’s me, but I haven’t been silent for 5 months just not blogging, but I’ve been thinking about blogging a lot and as you can tell, blogging is confusing. Not just confusing, but fun, exciting, interesting AND time-consuming, daunting or shall I dare say it, burdensome. But you guys are the reasons I keep ... [ Read More ]

• Mom celebrates Independence Day in November

  No, I don’t have my holidays mixed up people. Today, I am writing from my mobile office where no one in my family knows how to find me and I have wonderful surroundings, safe, quiet and most of all, no one here knows me as Mommy. Should I feel bad about the excitement that’s running through my veins? Should I lessen the grin on my face? Nah. This is the beginning of new beginnings. I first ... [ Read More ]

• Mom takes accelerated approach to life, gets banged up in a freakish halt

  No, no, no. Not another car accident. More like, uh, uh, mental butting of the head into a brick wall known as reality. So, no excuses for my absence. Just the real like you may not have seen it before. Four weeks into the school year and everyone is still standing. My oldest daughter is so getting a blast of a one on one educational experience, but so many inadequacies and insecurities have surfaced since she ... [ Read More ]

• Mom returns after Carmen Sandiego type travel experience

  Ok, I wasn’t all around the world, but it sure felt like it. Being without the kids for 6 weeks to many is a blessing and clearly, I am not ungrateful. But trying to get them back on track, back in our household routine is more than a notion. I’ve been struggling so much with all of the decisions that have sorta fallen upon me that I can’t even account for the question that my ... [ Read More ]