My ten-year-old went back to school for the first time today after being out of a classroom for just shy of a year and being homeschooled since September 2020. Now that the elementary schools are back full time and the K-8 kids are in school five days a week aaaand we are settled into our […]
Life at My House
The Leather Couch
Being divorced and living on my own is a strange feeling. It’s starting to feel “normal.” But it’s still a little weird. It’s weird to have an absence of tension in my house. It’s weird to have peace. It’s weird to have freedom. It’s awesome. But it’s still a little weird. What’s also weird is […]
The Next Chapter
Two weeks and two days ago, my parents closed on a new home for the kids and me. I’m renting it from them until I can qualify for a mortgage on my own. The journey from first seeing the house to closing on it was a long and VERY emotional one – it was a […]
My New Chair
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It Took Eleven Years And It Was Worth The Wait
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A Perfect Christmas Gift
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about Christmas lately. I’ve been thinking about how so many of us will not be seeing relatives from far away and I’ve been thinking about how so many families might be in a situation where this could be the last Christmas for some of their older relatives and […]