The chorus of Brandon Heath’s song I’m Not Who I Was keeps running through my mind. I used to be the go-to parent volunteer. Now I’m working in the schools. I used to be the stay-at-home mom. Now I’m the barely-home mom. I used to be the wife with the perfect house and the smile […]
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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?
Apparently you send her to an older widow’s house to take care of his seven children so she–and he!–can find true love. Yes, I’ve been another round with The Sound of Music, one of my favorite, favorite movies. I’m doing a lot of problem solving in my life right now … getting many uncertain things […]
Weekend Update with Christina Berry
I subbed on Friday as the junior and senior high shop teacher and really enjoyed it. The only time I had a problem was in one period over a cell phone. And do you know what bothers me the most about the interaction? Not that I held my ground and called him on his actions, […]
Parading Proudly in a Tutu
I posted this status on facebook about five hours ago: Watching my three-year old NOT dance at dance class. Great use of my time! 🙂 Man, did I get responses! Apparently I touched on a common nerve of mothers. “Angel” watched Andrea dance all last year. She would stand at the door and tap-tap-tap her […]
Who’s Hot AND Rich?
Many children across the world started school today and many parents posted pictures. Do we really need more First Day Pictures? Yes, because I didn’t want you to miss out the cutest kids in the whole wide world. Feel free to leave comments disagreeing–it’s your duty if you’re a parent to argue for your own. […]
Twelve Days to Go!!!
Less than two weeks … I was sprawled on a beach blanket today at the Oregon Coast (Rockaway Beach) pondering the fast approaching release date and how having a book out will change my life. And then I realized– I could be at the same beach in twelve days and absolutely no one will care […]
Single Mom’s Success Story
I was scared, sick, and feeling sorry for myself. But I did it anyway! At the beginning of summer, I signed the kids up for the county library’s reading program. One of the many, many benefits was free tickets to a Timbers game for the kids and a reduced price for accompanying adults. Turned out […]
Take a Deep Breath
I can’t remember the last time I didn’t feel behind … the last time I didn’t need to run faster, stay up later, get more done, prioritize better. Just like that commercial where the digital images stay frozen in someone’s camera, mine stay frozen on my hard drive, calling out to be labeled, cropped or […]
Love is on Pause
I still have Part Two of “Love is in the Air” pending, but a rush edit job came my way and pushed blogging aside. An editor requested a past client’s full manuscript. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the one I had edited, so I’m doing a full book edit in four days. Whew! Pray that “B” will […]
Love is in the Air, Part One
It’s summer–the season of weddings. This morning I attended my first as a divorcee. As I told a dear friend, it was achingly beautiful. Having watched the bride go through a rough marriage and bad divorce, having watched the groom as cancer stole his first wife, this day of celebration meant a lot to all […]