I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that my oldest child is now 18 and that my oldest daughter will be 16 this month. Have I really grown that old? I don't feel it. If anything, I still feel like a stupid little kid trying to make sense out of everything. Is that feeling ever going to change? Parts of me hope that it doesn't. In that ( Read more... )

As this year draws to a close, I am silently cheering it on (away?). We have had nothing but a string of bad luck this year, except for the chance meeting of my husband and his boss. His boss says it's a miracle, a gift from god, that they met, but I say it's just purely coincidental. See, my husband's boss rented a garage/shop from our landlord. ( Read more... )

I saw him a few days ago. I can't say it was entirely unpleasant; quite the opposite. He is nothing like I remember him to be, like I've always known him to be. The man I saw was quiet, calm, mature and deep-thinking. He apologized for how he had treated me for the approximately 15 years he has been in and out of my life. I graciously accepted. He ( Read more... )

As of 05 March, I will have an unpaid LJ for the first time in four years. I will miss you, privileges ( Read more... )