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For Women

Honesty…

I struggled with being completely honest, because of course, the internet never forgets and I don’t want my kids to read awful things about their family online.

But then I realized that I can be honest without being vindictive, evil, catty or mean. Because, I am classy.

The first few months after he left [...]

E-bookin’ it

I love books.

If you have been a reader of mine or know me at all, you know I’ve written about them and my love for them a lot. Type “Books” into my search and BAM…posts on books.

It was really becoming ridiculous in my house, because, let’s face it, I don’t really re-read [...]

Do it do it do it.

I keep telling myself that I need to sit down and just do it. Just write and hit post. But, I still struggle with it. I have a million and one things I want to write about, some personal, some kid-related, some just random shit I notice. But, I still have a hard time.

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The Year in Status Updates

So. Yeah. I was back. I AM back. But I’m going to be honest with you, being a single parent is tough. And while I applaud those who can do it and still successfully manage a blog, obviously at this stage in the game, I am not one of them. I’m doing the best [...]

The healing process

It started this past weekend. The fits of crying for stupid reasons, eating stupid food, feeling like I wanted to simultaneously throw and hug things. I knew, but I pretended it wasn’t happening.

Today is my father’s three year deathiversary. I’m not sure if that is a socially acceptable way of saying “anniversary [...]

The girl (now Woman) who helped

I thought my shorts and t-shirt were the height of fashion my first day of sophomore year.

It would have been at my old school.

At my new school, the girls looked like they walked right out of the pages of a fashion magazine. Sun dresses with bright florals, cute strappy sandals, manicured nails [...]