When I married my ex-husband, several of my friends and family warned me. They liked him as a person - he's quite nice - but pointed out that I was to be his third wife, and neither of his two previous marriages had lasted at all.  And of course, I didn't… Read full post »

I recently came across a daily devotional and was struck by the title: "Whispers of Wisdom for Single Moms."  The lesson was on 1 Kings 17:24 - "Then god said to Elijah,'Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord  in your mouth… Read full post »

Ok.  This is it.  Time to lose weight.  Now.

The last time I went to the doctor, I learned that I actually now weigh the same thing I weighed on the day I delivered Darius - my son.

No non-pregnant woman should weigh what she weighed none month pregnant.

A friend of mine… Read full post »

My son turned 4 yesterday.  He was so excited!

Darius has been planning his birthday for months. Literally. Every week he would tell us, "I'm going to have a sprinkler party for my birthday with a Spiderman cake" and then he would tell us exactly who was going to come to his… Read full post »

The house is silent. I cannot begin to express the wonderfulness of that phrase.

Silence.  A sound I almost never hear.  And what a wonderful sound it is.

My son is with my mom, so it's a rare, rare occurence:  I am the only one here.  I have nothing to do but… Read full post »

From the New York Times:

A Psychologist Steeped in Treatment of Sexually Active Priests

Excerpts:

“It was a surprise for me to see how many psychopaths I met in the priesthood,” Dr. Lothstein said. “Glib, callous, could say anything to you and be charming.” 

Of… Read full post »

Ok, I'm all excited.  We have our little garden outside, and we have OUR FIRST STRAWBERRY.

I am amazed at how excited one piece of fruit can make me.  I'm delirious.  Strawberry Fields Forever.  Even if the strawberry is singular.

Considering my long depressing history with growing… Read full post »

You know, their always talking about having people pay for online news and stuff.  But I realized something this morning: we don't pay for print news.  We never have.  We pay a timy fee - 50 cents or a dollar - to help defray the costs of INK.  Not content.  The… Read full post »

My son has a new friend.  But it's a friend that no one knows about but him. This is my first experience with imaginary friends.

He has named him Barako.  We were reading a book about Presidents of the United States and of course, I read him the entry… Read full post »