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Tired

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on March 7, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Life is busy right now.
There are lots of good things happening, but a major drain on both my physical and mental energy is everything related to the divorce.
Divorce just isn’t easy. Or quick. Especially with four kids involved.
There isn’t any emotional satisfaction and everybody involved loses.
Here’s hoping that I make all the right choices.

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Bulldozed

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on September 3, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Jay and Tee went to school today.
In one fell swoop, they have gone from seeing me every single day to only seeing me in the evenings of every second week. They will spend significantly more of their waking time in a classroom than they will with either parent, and that decision was made without my [...]

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On My Own

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Well, they’re off to the lake for two weeks with their dad. Which makes this less of a team effort and more of a solo project. That being said, this blog started out as a way for the kids to publish their own work, but like all of the ideas I come up with and [...]

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Mixing Metaphors

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on June 3, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Today the kids and I got lost in the woods. I think there’s a metaphor in there somewhere. Something to do with my current anxiety about having to make a decision that will affect all of us, the being on the crossroads and having to choose a direction. Not being able to see far enough [...]

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Crossroads

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on May 29, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Life is so interesting, and so complicated. It’s so terribly hard to predict what will happen, and there’s the ongoing struggle between living in the moment enough to thoroughly wring every last drop of richness from each day and planning for the future.
I’m feeling that dilemma intensely at the moment. Ever since my husband and [...]

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Life As a Single Mom

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on March 21, 2008 | 8 Comments »

I’ve been separated from the father of my children for three years now. It’s not what I wanted for myself, or my kids, and I’ve suffered many, many pangs of guilt about raising them in this way. Poor things, having to shuttle between houses, having to (potentially, even though I’ve tried to prevent it) divide [...]

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