Happy New Year

2 January 2012

2011 was the year that things finally started looking up for us- we found a nice big house that we love and can afford, my hubby spent his first 3 semesters in school after 30 years and made the Dean’s List all 3, and he also found a job after 15 months of unemployment that [...]

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Too…. too.

6 September 2011

I’ve recently come to the conclusion that I’m destined to be more than the other people I know- more quiet. more home centered, more radical. This space has been quiet while I’ve pondered this.  I often feel like I have nothing more to contribute.  Or what I do contribute, while *me*, is too…. too. I’m afraid to step on [...]

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Happy World Breastfeeding Week Sarasota! (and the rest of the world)

3 August 2011

My kids aren’t in the nursing stages anymore, so breastfeeding doesn’t get as much blog time as it once did. But I’m still quite involved with La Leche League and breastfeeding. Perhaps someday I will get to nurse another baby of my own, but until then I will be satisfied providing support, education, and encouragement to [...]

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I Feel

27 July 2011

Can you see me? Can you hear me? I feel invisible.  I feel like people look through me. I feel like when I speak, my words fall upon deaf ears. Today, I feel like I’m drowning and there is no one on shore to help pull me to safety or anyone to care. Between children [...]

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Following Their Lead

25 July 2011

This summer has been the busiest since I had children.  Perhaps even the busiest for me ever.  I complain about the driving sometimes.  I complain about the price of gas quite a bit.  I miss having my kids home with me.  But, I love seeing them so happy and thriving in what they’re doing! Olivia started her [...]

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The Other Stuff

18 July 2011

The other day I gave my big list of things that I like and believe in- the BIG stuff.  Today, I present to you the other stuff.  The fun, silly, and mundane stuff that I happen to love…  in no particular order, of course. I love 80s hair bands- Poison, Bon Jovi, Skid Row, and Motley Crue, [...]

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