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Losing the moon …
Heard this song today and thought I should get this little detail out of the way … Waking up to find another day The moon got lost again last night But now the sun has finally had its say I guess I...
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I’m not a groupie!
Was that eye-catching enough? Been thinking lately about passion. My son and I had a chat about this. His plan for after graduation was to pursue higher education in the culinary field. I know he has...
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Love and minecraft
I’m being weaned off of my son. I have a relationship with the back of his head, and occasionally catch sight of him in the fridge. I go into his room and try to watch him play whatever Xbox 360 game...
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The ‘ever after’ hair.
I remember when I was pregnant reading books and getting advice about newborns. What to do if a baby is unhappy, uncomfortable or crying – check if it’s hungry, wet, tired etc. and someone told me,...
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A Necessary Truancy
“Is this Amanda?” Yes. “I have your son in the health office – he says he has a headache and is nauseous”. (refrain from asking if she means to imply he’s making others feel sick, you grammar nazi!...
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“I’m not in love …”
Which is a really silly title for this particular blog post considering the rest of the lyrics, but lets just put that aside and focus on just those 4 words. A dear friend once (not so very long ago)...
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6 a.m. with the stars
I just sat outside with my coffee – bundled in my fleece pajamas and looked up, and around. The stars are amazing. My kingdom for a camera that would capture them for you! A sip of coffee and a...
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A Christmas letter from my son
I’m sharing with you the unedited letter my son put on the computer for me from his flash drive this Christmas morning. He’d been working on it for months. I cried my eyes out reading it. (Good thing...
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My Taylor Swift moment
It’s been quite bonkers the past few days. Teddy Bonkers even. Friday night brought the joy of electrical issues that weren’t resolved until Sunday afternoon. Last night I guess the cable got...
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Self. Indulge me.
Indulge me – and my foul mood. You know, I read a friends blog who has Aspergers, and a common thread that I pull from her carefully woven words is that she is trying to process the world around her...
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“Bah Luvbug!”
I’ve been hitting the conversation hearts I stocked up in my office ‘for the customers’ like a crack fiend. They’re are a LOT better these days than they used to be FYI. The pink ones don’t taste...
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Little laundry girl
There’s an adorable little girl at the laundromat. She’s sleepy – lids are heavy, but she’s having fun finding laundry carts and pushing them like little shopping carts. The mom is patient with her...
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If you love someone – get them out!
Nic will be 18 in 18 days. I’ve struggled with this, of course, I want to keep him close. I don’t want his childhood to be over. I don’t want to lose what we have. But God doesn’t have...
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EHarmonious enough in my house alone.com
There are still single, attractive, sane people in the world you know. For all of us who have at one time lamented “All the good ones are taken”. Oh no they’re not. They either have ‘I have run out...
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Happy Birthday Nicholas
“Twenty years is, after all, a long time. We are not the same people we were. Old friends, lovers, even family members; they are strangers who happen to wear a familiar face. We have no right to...
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Crazy cat lady ponderings
Brace yourselves. I actually fired up the PC and am writing a post from home and not the laundromat. It’s going to be okay … shhh … there there – change is scary, I know. So! This morning, I was...
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Today I’m neurotic – until I google again.
It’s official. I’m neurotic. (as I notice the hair in my eye in the above picture) I Googled it, so it must be true. Plus, it described me to a T on the following: The tendency to restrict oneself,...
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Unfriended – and a giant fish
For all my growth and new maturity (I say with a modicum of sarcasm) I thought I had let go of a certain resentment. It became very apparent that I have not relieved myself of it – after a couple of...
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Letting go
Another fork – and destiny, breaks our clasping hands. (The path that we are journeying on, once more been split in two) One stands on the desert floor, while one on ocean sands. (But reflecting on the...
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A Happy Day
Today is a happy day. A sing-in-the-kitchen, air band in the car, 2 treats for the dog kinda day. Last night brought an unexpected wave of relief. I let go. Of some drama, of some resentments and of...
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