The speed at which life moves never ceases to amaze me. It seems like just yesterday that I was anxiously awaiting Valentine’s Day because I had a feeling my boyfriend was going to propose. That was 22 years ago. And now that boyfriend is my husband of almost 21 years and the father of my three children. I was thinking of how far we had come from that younger couple who was … [Read more...]
A Table for Two
I made sure I looked a little extra pretty today. I took an extra minute with my hair and made sure my eye makeup looked nice, remembering to use a little eyeliner. As I went to get to dressed, I passed on wearing my favorite, if a little raggy, green sweater, for my nicer knit turtleneck.. No weekend-mom attire would do today. I had a date planned with someone very … [Read more...]
Teaching and Old Dog New Tricks
Yesterday I lost a very dear friend, my little netbook computer. One minute I was happily working away, sending emails, and checking how many likes my latest Facebook status was getting. The next moment it just died. Panic set in. What am I going to do without my computer? What will happen if I don’t obsessively check my Facebook pages, or my blog’s latest page view … [Read more...]
Facing Reality
The other day I was in the middle of my morning routine of packing snacks, reminding people to wear underwear, and ordering them to brush their teeth, when I happened to see it, my special needs daughter’s red take home folder. Inside the folder, along with the words she worked on that day and drawings of the weather for her calendar, was the all-too-familiar Parent Intake … [Read more...]
Darcy Perdu is Getting Possessed with Kathy and the Dishwasher!
Happy New Year and welcome to the ninth installment of, Getting Possessed with Kathy and the Dishwasher.In my three years of blogging I have been very fortunate to meet so many amazing writers and bloggers. I love that through this series I can share a few of these talented women with you. The Dishwasher adores the opportunity to learn about the many possessed appliances that … [Read more...]
