My youngest is brilliant with a grinder and a forge. Able to create intricate designs from any piece of metal he can find (aka why I have so few pieces of silverware left) it isn’t unusual for me to find little weapons in a bush in the yard, in his bed or lying around the …
There are things with an adopted child. Things like teaching them the months of the year in order, at 15, because you realize they never learned them in their disrupted kindergarten years. Things like not having the sweet momma memories of them sleeping in your arms, or holding your hand as they gaze lovingly up …
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I thought I would feel peace but I didn’t. About 3 weeks ago the roof blew off our house – figuratively of course- after all we live in earthquake country not tornado land. Without going into details, by 9 am on a Wednesday morning I watched my youngest child being handcuffed and put in the back of …
Today is my birthday. 56. Yikes. I always thought I was lucky to have a birthday at the end of January because it is a second chance to renew and refresh and set some goals for the year. So once again, this year, I will reset. I need to eat better and move more (which …
Miracles. You can say you believe or you don’t believe. You can choose to think that things just happen or some people are lucky and some people get all the good breaks. I choose to believe in miracles. And let me say, that did not come easy for me. Let me restate that. I choose …
