The dog stands alone…
Sometimes I hate being a parent.
Blaspheme, right? It's true. Part of being a parent means that I have to do the hard work such as disciplining my child when he misbehaves or chooses to mess around in class as opposed to choosing to learn and distract those around him. This makes my ...
Heartbroken but not lost
The premise of this blog is that life moves on even though circumstance will try to take you down. The last several months have been a challenge, to say the least, and this weekend, in particular, was trying. I'm surrounded by good people, though, and I continue to remind myself that life will ...
The generation gap of cell phones
Last night, my phone rang and something told me not to answer the call. Not that it was a bill collector, or a survey, or even the pizza guy telling me he couldn't deliver for some lame reason that would cause wailing or gnashing of teeth. No, I'd been sick since Saturday and ...
Happy Birthday AJ!
The Wonder of You
When no-one else can understand me
When everything I do is wrong
You give me hope and consolation
You give me strength to carry on
And you're always there to lend a hand
In everything I do
That's the wonder
The wonder of you
And when you smile the world is brighter
You touch my hand and I'm a king
Your kiss ...
Prom and bad 90s hair
Other events that were important to my life coincided with the break-up with green eyes. One of the miracles of my life happened right before my junior prom in the form of a teeny, tiny preemie. Livvy, my only sibling and 16 years my junior, came into the world with serious struggles. ...
A fairytale: Green eyes and brown eyes Part II
Green eyes was a computer programmer in his spare time. For someone so young, this was a pretty big accomplishment. The brown-eyed girl didn't understand the fascination, but she was into green eyes and watched as he explained the coding sequence for a program he'd completed on his computer. She leaned forward ...