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A case of the missing Betty Poppins

Shhhh…….can you hear that? It’s the sound of relief or tears from  many, many Mommies sending their kiddos back to school today. I happen to fall into the relief category. That’s right, I’m one of those Moms. It has nothing to do with my daughters and everything to do with me. The older I get, the more I need the predictable schedule [...]

The Bell That Chimes “Your Turn”

In three hours time a bell will chime, ding, buzz, scream, announce and generally warn the valley that I live in—– school, is out for the summer.  When this breath sucking moment occurs, ding ding ding style,  a range of emotions will flutter like a virus though thousands and thousands. I’m fairly certain the entire dynamic of life as we know it will [...]

On Being Mom

Mom 1: Yesterday I wasted better part of an hour trying to change my font size here. In my usual fashion, once I skidded past the point of reasonable patience I started verbally attacking my computer and the Church of WordPress. Since I can be loud during momentary rants of evilness, my youngest daughter Kaitlyn [...]