When you haven’t had your own children and now your friend’s kids are graduating from college and getting married and their proud photos boast on face book they’re grandparents for the third time, a sense of separation and loss continues to laugh in my face. Not because they’re doing anything wrong, but because now and […]
Christmas
The Dis-ease of Christmas
“The stockings were hung by the chimney with care in hopes that __________” my reputation won’t be ruined by this unplanned pregnancy that my husband won’t divorce me that my family won’t disown me that my girlfriends’ will still want to have coffee with me that the boys’ won’t throw stones at me. Like I don’t […]
Christmas Curveball
My husband and I planned to keep Christmas simple this year. It would be nice to spend Christmas with my family; mom, her husband Fred, my sister, brother-in-law, niece/nephew and their towheads who all moved to North Carolina 16 months ago. However, a few layoffs have set us back so we will enjoy local gatherings with […]
Believe There is Light in the Dark
So I want to blog and all of a sudden I can’t think of a thing to say. Like, it’s been almost 2 months since my last post. My husband is wondering what alien took over his wife’s body because of the silence. I’ve been stuck in a funk. Challenged to share something of value […]
The Christmas Dress
Saturday night my husband and I went to the Bread Box Theater with good friends of ours. The wife of the other couple and I were sharing how we often think we look fat. Wow, what a news flash, women thinking they look fat! Never heard of such a thing. Ha Ha. She is skinnier than […]