Jeez what a saga the last few weeks have been! So my mom got sick a few weeks ago, but being the stubborn, won't-go-to-the-doctor-unless-she's-dying female that she is, she waited for almost two weeks before she finally got me to drive her to the doctor's office. I had to drive because she was so weak from vomiting and diarrhea that she could barely even walk. So she goes to the doctor and gets all these tests done and I take her home and the next morning (31 July) her doctor calls me and says s… Continue

Sometimes I find it so hard to make it through these busy stress filled days. I woul much rather sit back with a friend for some good conversation, cubble with Rainey or Sy or just listen to the rain. I have myself so wound up tonight stressing over things that I can't control that it has left me without sleep. How silly can I be...

I grew up with a not-so-active mom, an absent dad and a step dad I didn't want to be around. Summer was a time to entertain myself. I climbed trees. I read books. I painted. I rode my bike. I worked in the garden. When I was a kid my mom didn't do things like take us to the pool. We went to parks once in awhile. We didn't really go to carnivals. I didn't go to camp. I didn't take lessons of any kind. I didn't do sports. We didn't go on vacations. I made up for all of this when I was a teenager… Continue

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