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Ten
It was ten years ago this week that my husband asked me to marry him. It wasn’t an elaborate proposal. I helped choose out the ring. Although it was a surprise. He had gone and picked it up without my … Continue reading
Can we skip it?
It started 14 years ago. It was on a February morning that my mom cornered me in a bathroom, and I admitted to her that I was pregnant with my son. It was like I ripped both of our hearts … Continue reading
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The talk.
A few weeks ago, my daughter came up to me and handed me a note. The note said she wanted to talk to me about something important. She wanted to have sex with her boyfriend and wanted my help to … Continue reading
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Breeding Compassion
I, like most people around, have been rushing around like crazy getting ready for the holidays, neglecting a variety of things (including my blog). I find it funny that often when I get busy and I am rushing around, life … Continue reading
Heavy Heart
I was sixteen when I lost my maternal grandparents, by brother was only five. I was very close to them. I would have done anything for them. I miss them in my life, and wish that I could have known … Continue reading
Freeze.
This week has been ridiculously busy, with the boy breaking his arm, and counselling and doctors appointments for the girl, and craziness at work! My mind has been going a hundred miles an hour, in multiple directions. Trying to keep … Continue reading
Why it hurts
In the last couple of months, my husband and I made the hard decision to not have any more children. I know that this is right choice, but it still hurts. At first I thought it was the finality of … Continue reading
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Trying
Today I am trying to see the good. I am trying to see the positive. I am trying to be okay. But instead I ate three cupcakes for breakfast. The last week it has been hard to be happy, to … Continue reading
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I am happy, but…
It seems to hit me out of the blue. Everything will be going fine, and then it happens, and hits in waves. Tonight my husband was talking to his brother, who shared that he and his wife are expecting their … Continue reading
Hard Questions.
So tomorrow is our first day of whatever it is they are going to do at the children’s mental health clinic. We have our intake session at 8:30 am. I am excited and yet still apprehensive. After last week, I … Continue reading
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Living Happily Ever After? 