Today I am jumping on the Proud Momma Moments train with our lovely host Kmama from The Daily Dribbles. She is one of the first people I met when I began blogging, back when she only had 2 boys and now she has 3! So pull out your best stuff and tell us all about the moments in motherhood that made you beam this week.. As some of you may or may not know I became a Memaw for the first time, and better be ONLY FOR A LONNNNNNNG TIME, last year. I did have concerns about how my oldest … [Read more...]
This is your Song… Monday Listicles..
December 17, 2012 by 9 Comments
So this week Stasha has us listing songs.. either Christmas or otherwise One we love or ones we love to hate.. EEEKK. As a walking jukebox there are so many I could choose from in a ton of categories. But I will stick with the Holiday Theme and go with my favorites.. 1. Mark Lowry of the Bill Gaither Vocal Group and Christian comedian wrote a song that made me weep from the moment I heard it. I have performed it personally many times in Christmas plays but CeeLo Green recently … [Read more...]
I am hijiacking I spy for my own important public message..
August 23, 2012 by 7 Comments
My apologies to Dazee and Christy for hijacking their carnival... As a mother I can say this.. if you are an addict of anything and your child is part of your life, your addiction will mark your child. Whether you know it or not. My oldest son's bio dad was a drug addict. He died from an overdose when Doug was 17. But not before he had bounced in and out of Doug's life , mainly as a teenager, showing him everything he didn't need to know. He gave Doug his first alcohol on his court ordered … [Read more...]
PYHO: What a difference a year can make
April 18, 2012 by 7 Comments
Last year at this time my oldest had come out of rehab, determined to clean himself up from the drugs he was addicted to. I had made the hardest choice of my life in throwing him out, and was left to wonder how did that happen? To my child. We had never done drugs and constantly warned them that we would not tolerate them using them. Bipolarism is nasty. When others use drugs for recreational purposes it is to get 'high', either to laugh or sleep or be different. For him it was to get normal, or … [Read more...]
