Now I talk to him in my dreams. I laugh with him when he shows up on the clouds. Fly free as I always say. I still wake up with tears when I see him in my dreams, and I miss him. He was the last of my family dynamic and we related to each other in everything. When they...
depressed, often still working into the late night hours on production work, only to wake early to be “a mom” and do all those duties before leaving for the day. I was determined to do it all, and not need ask for help, that would have seemed “weak”. I could not have been mo...
But now that they walk and talk and wear friendship bracelets and request “alone time” and know the lyrics to Justin Beiber songs, I have a whole new host of concerns that have apparently put kidnapping low on the list. Or maybe it’s that I could imagine someone wanting to steal an...
“Please let this experience remind you to hold the people you love (and who love you) close and tight as soon and as often as you can, taking nothing for granted. Appreciate that so much of life is completely beyond our control, and do your best with the rest.” Appreciate that so ...
As Unitied Persuit’s song Running in Circles came on, I found myself identifying with the lyrics: “Lord I come.. to tell you I’m sorry, for running in circles, for placing my focus on the waves and not on your face…. You’re the only one who brings me peace” That described...
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But at the same time, please do not feel threatened or judged. Understand that I completely respect and honor your wish to be called Mrs. just as I accept your choice to take your husband’s last name as your own. It is a fantastic choice, and I am so excited to live in a world...
To wake up on a Saturday and make pancakes, instead of getting a photo text from my family while on my run. That’s the rational on the surface, and I while it is solid and good, there is more. Please forgive my melodramatic honesty…. The thing is, trail-running in general, and ...
She has asked for that dog several times since, batting her eyelashes at me. Giving me puppy dog eyes so sweet that I have to turn away and think about how horrid she becomes when she screams about her homework and how mean I am for making her do it. “Please, Momma,” she whimper...
Says Jamie, “On Mother’s Day a couple of years ago, my good morning text from her was: ‘Can you get a period stain out of my good jeans?’ And I was like, ‘Sure, happy Mother’s Day.’ And then I said, ‘Can I please post this?’ And she goes, ‘Sure, n...