The Way Kids Think, (or is it just Bubbsy?)
The other day during the hustle and bustle of the holidays, sometime during a frantic morning meal, I was telling the kids the plan for the day, go to the […]
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Back to School with Bubbsy & Gracie, and Bubbsy goes caveman with a dinosaur
Bubbsy and Gracie (Magpie) came home last week and started school today. Yea I know weird but really, after living here as long as I have, which I only just […]
A Letter to my Son on the Occasion of Becoming an Adult
My Dearest Joshua (previously known on this blog as Mr Smarty Pants thinks he Knows it all 16, and 17 yo ) There are times in a mother’s life when she […]
A Single Mom’s (ok, Dad’s too) Summer Survival Guide Part 2; Now What?
Last Year; Ah the promise that title holds. especially if you are a struggling single mom and if you are a newbie to singledom with offspring, you may have clicked […]
Home for the Holidays – The Seventh Holiday Mental Moment
Home is where the heart is – Home is where you hang your hat Home is where no matter who you are and what you have done, you are always […]
It’s About the Tree – The Fifth Holiday Mental Moment
Happy day to you all! I am full of Christmas cheer and goodwill and just plain happiness today. ♥ We had a little mini precelebratory Christmas Christmas because of the […]
The Gift of Giving – The Fourth Holiday Mental Moment
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas dum de dum da dee…. diddle e bum day da dee de do … Oh sorry, I didn’t see you there, I […]
Rejoice! – The Second Holiday Mental Moment
Good Day Friends and Folks, I hope this finds you well and getting in the mood for the holidays. Especially if you haven’t quite caught on to the excitement and […]
8 Polish Dishes -First Holiday Mental Moment
Well Christmas is right around the corner. Maybe 2 corners. We are talking what, 12 days til Christmas Eve? Sorry, I am not really up on the rest of my […]
Sitting Here Watching Airplanes
It is that time of year when people go to great lengths to be with family members for the holidays. I mean literally. Some travel thousands of miles every year, […]
Graham’s Cracker Crumbs – The Mute Button
Well My baby grandson is almost 10 months old can you believe it? I can’t remember I think the last time we checked in with you (he and I ) […]
Boys and Their Moms
On this day in the year 2000 I know exactly where I was and what I was doing. Laying on my back with my legs in the air screaming……; oh.. […]
Eye of The Storm
Adrift at sea, no rudder, on a steadfast course to nowhere. The water like glass..flat and still, Nothing stirs in the disturbing calm. I don’t know how to weather this […]
The Day Death Comes… in loving memory of my grandma.
my grandma died yesterday. Not unexpected that it wouldn’t be long until she passed, but at the moment she went, we weren’t expecting it. To say we weren’t ready? I […]
