And I figured it would be sooner than later. The Girl was asked out by the friend of a boy who wanted to go out with her. Don’t you just love middle school?! The place where it’s absolutely appropriate to send a representative to start your mission. Reminds me of Abraham sending his servant to [...]
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The Invisible Woman
Posted in A Big Ol' Shoutout To God, Parenting on Jan 19th, 2010
I know this isn’t original or new, but it’s new to me and I really, really wish that I had heard it years ago. I love, Love, LOVE it! I’m building a cathedral… two in fact. And they are beautiful to the nth degrees. What a wonderful way to look at the houses of God! [...]
Single Parents Should Be Renamed to Super Parents
Posted in Life, Parenting, Ponderings, Telling It Like It Is on Oct 21st, 2009
Let me preface the first part of this post with the following: None of the following is being said to criticize Mr. Right. It’s just a realistic fact of life that comes with the one partner living in another town. I fully claim that I am happily married to the greatest man in the world. [...]
The Return To Normal
Posted in I'm A Work In Progress, Parenting, Rants, Telling It Like It Is, The Boy, The Girl on Aug 18th, 2009
By normal, I mean that the yelling at The Boy for not listening or even acting as if he were listening has begun in full force. I don’t get why he insists on behaving in a way that he knows (through various discussions, yellings, groundings, disciplining, loss of tempers, loss of privileges) that we do [...]
Ending The Year On A Strong Note
Posted in Life, Moments To Remember, Parenting, The Girl on May 15th, 2009
Last night was the last of The Girl’s choir concerts for this school year. She’s been really excited about this concert because she loved all the songs that they were singing: “Fields of Gold” (Sting song), “Seasons of Love” (from Rent), “Edelweiss” (from Sound of Music) and “We Go Together” (From Grease). You would [...]
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