The miracle of love is not the falling, it is the remaining.
I believed before one had to be perfect; whole; complete in and of themselves in order to be able to love and be loved by another.
I know now that is not true.
In fact it is not just untrue, it is ridiculous. We cannot ever [...]
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“Every twenty four hours we are given a fresh canvas to prime.”
-Sarah Ban Breathnach
This is how I know life in Kentucky will be okay: I am waking up early each morning and preparing myself for the best day possible.
It’s hard to get up before the sun we you go to sleep long after it sets, [...]
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Nope…not mine, but another single mommy we all love. Just look at this hunk she nabbed!
This morning I woke up and received a might happy email… I can’t resist sharing it with you all because I know how much we all love ROMANCE and LOVE STORIES. Read on and get ready to feel some butterflies…
Subject: [...]
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I’m honored to be the first stop on WOW!-Women On Writing Blog Tour for Sybil Baker, author of The Life Plan.
What would you do if your carefully planned life was falling apart? I love this leading question from her book because I think it is something many of us single moms can relate to. [...]
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Went to Target yesterday and hopefully bought our last box of diapers, a giant package of 112. One hundred more chances to poop in the toilet should be enough, right?
Lucca is not excited about it at all. I speak for us all when I say, Potty Train’n Sucks!
(The Poster is cool, though, no? If you [...]
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During my lunch break I surfed the web…just for fun, or perhaps subconsciously searching for inspiration from accidental sources.
I went from this to this to this and then ended up spending 45 minutes creating the mosaic you see below. I am so proud of it. The colors and imagery make me so happy, happy, happy…whimsical, [...]
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Hiya! It’s so nice to meet you. Let’s get you first time readers caught up… Here are a few posts to help you feel like you’ve known me forever.
LOVE STORY
DRAMA
How I became a Single Mom
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I guess I have lived a sheltered blogger life. I never knew there were so many haters out there until this post, which was about custody issues and featured the advice of family law Attorney, Virgina Cornwell.
I learned I have a sensitive soul…hurtful comments hurt! But…what upsets me even more than criticism is [...]
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This boy misses his Mommo and Babbo.
I’m excited as he is to see them. They flew into Chicago yesterday and met up with my pregnant sister and her son. All together they are driving in a car as we speak, making their way down to Kentucky.
Oh how I miss family! I get to show off [...]
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A few weeks ago I experienced every single mom’s worst nightmare: Out of the blue, the Father-Who-Never-Was, sent me an email threatening custody hearings for my 2 year old son, Lucca.
A firestorm of advice ensued on this blog.(Thank you so much for your support and help). I realized, though, how unprepared I was when it [...]
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