Life After 50, Raising Kids, Divorce, Remarriage and More
It’s there. Out in the not so distant horizon. A childless house is coming, in just a few short months. My husband and I began our lives together as a family of seven. We look forward to having time for just the two of us. Still, the idea that my days of raising children are …
Sensitive souls are the ones who “get it.” We feel what others are feeling. We have empathy.
IGNORANT: 1. (often disapproving) not having or showing much knowledge or information about things; not educated an ignorant person/question Never make your students feel ignorant. 2. not having any knowledge or information about a particular thing ignorant of something At that time I was ignorant of events going on elsewhere. ignorant about something He’s ignorant about modern technology. …
My life is far from perfect. I have made many mistakes. I have suffered loss, and experienced heartache. I have failed, gotten up, and failed again. I have learned to keep going. Until about a year ago, I’d say I had few, if any, true regrets in life. I had things I wished I could …
My twins recently graduated from their respective colleges. They’ve both now started their “adult” lives. I had no idea how hard it was going to be to let them go. It was different than when they went to college. That milestone we prepare for from the time our children are born. We bide our days …
While watching the VP debate, I wanted to focus on the issues. I didn’t though. Not much anyway. Instead, I was attending to the body language, the hand gestures, facial expressions and tone of voice. I wondered how many people were watching the same, taken in by Mike Pence and his straightforward, genuinely calm, stern …
I miss my kids. They’ve been away for a while. The older two for most of the summer, my younger one for nearly two weeks. It’s one of those downsides of divorce. They have other places to go with other people, even in the middle of a pandemic. But, it’s more than just this temporary …
It’s Father’s Day. My first without my dad. I never understood how hard it would be. Seeing cards in the stores, knowing that I don’t have a dad anymore. Not being with the others in my life who miss him as much as do I. Wishing more than anything I could call him to wish …