Last year I was supposed to finalize my divorce the day before Thanksgiving. The process had been started 14 months earlier and was dragging on and on and on and I was very much looking forward to just getting everything wrapped up and being able to finally move on. The day before we were supposed […]
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I teach you how to believe in yourself.
It took me a long time to build up the courage to file for divorce. A long time. I knew for years what the right thing to do was. In my gut I knew I was fighting the inevitable. But I just didn’t have the inner strength — the inner belief — to pull the […]
Choose Your Ending
One of the things that held me back from getting divorced was the thought of leaving or losing my house. I didn’t think I could handle leaving the house, and I didn’t think the kids would be okay with it. If I’m going to be totally honest, I also looked at holding onto the house […]
4th Grade Social Studies in 1999
I was supposed to show you the “after” pictures of my office and playroom today but a couple unplanned things came up and then of course I found a box of pictures when I was cleaning up and it turned into an If You Give A Mouse A Cookie kind of situation. So I’ll show […]
Round Two
Number 4’s school moved to full remote when the kids came home for Thanksgiving, and they stayed full remote until about ten days ago when she returned for in-person school. She had mixed emotions about going back. On the one hand she was super excited to get back to the swim team and her coach […]
My Favorite Sweater
Back in August I made a decision on a whim that ended up being one of the highlights of 2020 for me. I became a Zyia Active rep because I tried the clothes and they are AWESOME. But the really most unexpected part of the business that is so much fun is working with my […]