I mentioned last week that I spent some time admiring my latest crystal haul while I waited for Luna and Zeph to come home, and I mentioned that I would talk more about that this week? Well now it's this week, and it's time to explain all of that! Do you remember how the whole… Continue reading Calming, Crystal-Clear Clarity
Boy Howdy! We're back! I guess if you read the first post and saw its title, you saw this coming eventually. But in real life, when I wrote Part I, I had no idea there was going to be a Part II. (If you haven't read Part I, take a few minutes to get caught… Continue reading The Experiment – Part II
I got a call from an old friend out of the blue, Irene. She called to tell me she was thinking of me and that she just wanted to catch up. We hadn't spoken because of some drama with her family that I ended up getting caught in the middle of a few years ago.… Continue reading On the Run from Abuse – Part I
You know how some kids see ninjas and martial arts masters on TV, and they think it looks so awesome, and they want to learn how to do that too? Yeah I was one of those kids. Well, I was as a teenager anyway. Even though my older sister, Elyssa, worked her way up to… Continue reading The Best Defense
My dear, sweet, perfect Luna starts school this year. She has stayed home with me as long as I can let her stay, and now it's time for her to take the next step in her life and go to school. There's something definitive about this next step. The first chapter of her life is… Continue reading Milestones
When everything you've known in your adult life has been influenced, prodded, and molded by the significant other in your life, standing alone is a little bit of a shock. Suddenly, your identity is your own, not simply a part of a package deal. Right out of my marriage, a typical Get-to-Know-You conversation went horribly… Continue reading My Relationship with… Everything
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