You know one, or know someone who knows one, or you are one. An adoptive Mom. For whatever reason, the child that calls them or you Mom came from another woman’s uterus. I am an adoptive mom. For reasons too complex to delve into here and now, my husband and I chose adoption as a …
My journey, not unlike many I think, feels surreal in the first person. Almost three years ago, my wife told me she had no desire to be married to me anymore. In hindsight, I should have seen this coming but, really I, like so many, I lied to myself and said everything was ok. Counseling …
…or may have improved it. (It’s Too Soon To Tell) I came to play in the social networking arena somewhat reluctantly. Why do I need this, I have email addresses and phone numbers? This is what I said until a “Success Coach” I was paying, told me of all the ways I could promote myself and my …
At this time one year ago, I lived in Los Angeles, was preparing for Coachella and to take my PADI Rescue Diver course in Nicaragua. I wanted to become a Dive Master for quite a few years, and the Rescue Diver certification was the next step on that journey. Fast-forward to April 2012 and I …
She was just nine years old when she died. We had never met until that day. I guess, when you think about it, we never met at all. I never knew her name. She was just a girl playing on automatic gate that you drove through to get in and out of my apartment complex. …
Every day I think about writing. I don’t actually sit down and do it because there is no time. No time and no privacy. I’m a stay at home mom, so yea…very little privacy, very little time. Also, I write best when I’m alone. That way I can openly unleash the crazy within and not …
I received a message last week informing me that a friend from high school had inoperable lung cancer and had entered hospice. I had no idea that she had been sick. We reconnected on FB a couple years ago, and it didn’t take long to see that our life experiences since parting ways in the …
“Beautiful as Aphrodite, Wise as Athena.” Wonder Woman has always fascinated me. Ever since I was a little girl, I watched the TV series with Lynda Carter portraying the beautiful superheroine. I even had Wonder Woman underoos and remember driving my parents insane as I jumped off the couches flinging my cardboard tiara (actually believing …
Humans are so envious of birds. We want to sing like them, fly like them and even look like them (is that a feather in your hair?). I used to be one of these envious humans. Life seems like more fun when you’re a bird, don’t you think? Soaring above everyone and everything, there’s a …
I love being the token Aussie. Why? Because Americans LOVE Australians and I happen to live in America. They think I’m adorable. They love the way I speak. They love to talk about koalas and ask questions about kangaroos and boomerangs. They love to say things about shrimps on the barbie and Crocodile Dundee and …