The Memory Jar

Mom had passed away in August and Christmas was approaching and I found myself 5 months pregnant, sad, and in the middle of the end of a marriage. It was our first Christmas without Mom. Christmas was one of her many favorite holidays. Anytime that she had us altogether made her [...]

I Hear Voices Tuesday: Some Guilty Pleasures

Yesterday I was in a less than stellar mood for more than one reason. So I started blog hopping and came across this post titled Feeling Bubbly on the blog Pumps and Gloss. Just the sort of blog I needed to stumble across (not to be confused with upon) on a day [...]

A Birthday Greeting

Dear Mom,
Happy Birthday!
I miss you. Yeah they say it’s supposed to get easier. Nope. Doesn’t.
I wish that I could share the silly stories of the girls and laugh with you over the crazy-wonderful things that a 1 year old can do and the amazing-brilliant things that a 7 [...]

Messy Sorrow

There is nothing linear about sorrow… The process is messy and has a mind of it’s own. Like labor. Like birth.
Susan Zimmerman

Life as An Adventure

Security is mostly a superstition.  It does not exist in nature nor do children of men as a whole experience it.  Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure.  Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
Helen Keller

Margaret Atwood and Me

I set the telephone receiver down with a shake of my head. He had insisted that I could help him. What I was thinking was, “I can barely help myself some days”.
He insisted that he was given this number and MY extension and that I should be able to assist him. [...]

Mean Kitty Song!

I just have to post this.  Simply because every time I watch it, and I’ve watched it too much, it makes me laugh and something that makes you laugh can’t be all that bad.   Plus it’s catchy that every now and then I find myself singing it and then I laugh again.
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