Who do you think you are?
Almost a year ago my children embarked me onto a journey into our family history. It started with a fairly simple question about my biological parents and their relationship to my adoptive parents (I...
View ArticleFriends for Life
I grew up an only child and although it was nice to bask in all of the attention, there was never anyone to take the heat for those sticky situations. But most importantly, there was never anyone who...
View ArticleNever have more kids than you have hands or patience
I wanted to have one child. A daughter. She would be named Vivien Leighlyn. From the time I was about 8 years old until 18, I wanted only that one child. Singular. Then I had that one child. And...
View ArticleWhat if?
“Last night, while I lay thinking here, some Whatifs crawled inside my ear and pranced and partied all night long and sang their same old Whatif song” – Shel Silverstein I remember as a teenager our...
View ArticleGod needs young angels, too.
I’ve spent the past evening and morning reading about and reaching out in support to the mother of a child at my girls’ school. The woman’s son accidentally was killed earlier this week. He was only...
View ArticleAround the world…
“It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.” ~ George William Curtis At sixteen years of age, one should be dreaming of the spring dance, dreading the year...
View ArticleFor her child’s sake…
A little over a year ago I wrote about my irritations with Sarah Palin’s daughter following her interview with Fox News wherein she stated that abstinence isn’t realistic for teenagers. Since then,...
View ArticleInside the mind of a deadbeat parent is no place to want to be…
I shouldn’t be as angry as I am, I feel confident in the security of the legal system to protect my children. But I am angry, riled, seething – nonetheless.The father of my children, my ex-husband,...
View ArticleSeeking Carmen Louise Clark’s mother
I am seeking information anyone might have about a baby born MARCH 28, 1956 named CARMEN LOUISE CLARK. She was most likely born in KANSAS, possibly in GARDEN CITY or in WICHITA. She was given to the...
View ArticleThese Boots Were Made For Walking, But The Soles Have Holes
I was a fortunate child in many respects, but in one alone I’ve been feeling as though I’m falling short in my duties as a parent as of late – that of introducing my children to the world around them....
View ArticleWham!
I’ve been encouraged recently by a dear friend to try to verbalize memories that I wish to have live on outside of my fleeting thoughts and mind’s images. Part of me, a great part, is hesitant to do...
View ArticleThe Case of the Claustrophobic Spelunker
One would think, reasonably speaking, that if your career goal was to become a marine biologist, that swimming or boating would not make you queasy. It’s as oxymoronic as a rock climber terrified of...
View ArticleThe end of an era
This evening was quite frustrating and joyful – all in one. That wonderfully frantic experience that you dreadfully celebrate; pushing down your pleasure to force the scowl lines on your face to...
View ArticleSun of the Earth
Tonight we had a patient come in with his daughter and three grandchildren, his, not hers. And while he’d an appointment, she did not. No matter, in her mind though, for the world, you see, revolves...
View ArticleGoodbye, My Warrior Queen
It’s such a solemn day, and it shouldn’t be. I should be excited, as I usually am on the eve of Christmas – my favourite holiday. But instead, I’m sitting here mourning the loss of my dear bird, my...
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