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This story was featured on Purple Clover in March of 2017. I’m missing these two this morning. Those dreaded words, “My mother wants to meet you,” rang in my ears. Dodi was not thrilled that her son, Scott, was dating a divorced woman with two small boys. I hadn’t even met her yet and already…
As soon as I open my eyes, I thank God for all my blessings: my husband, my kids, my grandkids, great friends, good health, my house, our food, my writing, and even the blessings I don’t know are coming yet. I am one blessed lady. I am also one very grateful lady. This feeling has…
Grief is a very lonely emotion. I remember going to a family party months after my mom passed away. Everyone was laughing and having a great time. All I could think was that she should have been there with us. I could feel the tears start to sting. Eighteen years later, I still feel she…
Now that I’m a Grandmom, a GiGi actually, I have clear insight into the brain of a three-year old. When my kids were three, I was too exhausted to figure out dinner, let alone child psychology. This letter explains everything you need to know for a happy life with a child. Dear Mommy and Daddy,…
I didn’t really want another dog, but our other Cocker-poodle mix was lonely after our other dog passed away. I talked myself in and out of getting another pet for weeks. I visited pet shelters, checked rescues and sure enough not a single dog called to me. I decided then and there God was telling…
In How I Earned My Wrinkles, Musings on Marriage, Motherhood and Menopause, I poked fun at myself in quite a few chapters. I have to be very careful with the order of those words. If I confuse them (like that could happen) it’s totally different story. Just imagine Marriage, Menopause and Motherhood: If I had a baby during menopause! In addition to…
Some days I feel like God is smiling at me. This was one of those days. My four grandkids were visiting. We had planned to go to Upham Beach nearby to let the kids get their wiggles out before bedtime. Naturally, two of them fell asleep in the car. The other two were wide…
My daughter had just walked out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel. Her long hair was piled high in a blue striped towel. “Ekkkkk That is the largest spider I have ever seen in your house!” she screamed. I imagined a baby dinosaur size creature. I ran to get the broom and my…
When my kids were little, I constantly tried to keep the house clean. With five kids, it was futile. We always had sports equipment, school bags, lunchboxes, and jackets piled in the entrance hallway. You had to climb over a mound to get to the kitchen. This made me crazy! That’s a mother. When…
Tomorrow I will reach my grand 66th birthday. That is really hard to believe because I feel it should be my 39th birthday. No! No! No! That would mean I had to go through peri-menopause again, so lets forget 39. Maybe I’ll choose 45. Then again, that was the year my body added twenty…
