About a year ago, during a marriage counseling session, the Husband mentioned something which bothered him. "Carla's birthday is coming and I have absolutely no idea what to buy her." This surprised him. This, to him, showed a greater disconnect between the two of us than he'd thought. This was absolutely no surprise to me. I couldn't identify what I wanted. I wanted nothing. It ... Continue Reading
Thank you for all youve taught me.
My child has everything. She has the necessities covered (with enough leftover to pay "rent" and help others). And, for now at least, she's not the child who possesses a running mental (or Amazon wish) list of what she longs to own. Sure, she likes her some Shopkins. *Yes* she'll happily accept a gift of anything roller skating-related. For the most part though she's not into ... Continue Reading
Love languages.
her <3 language. Almost exactly a year ago the Child & I experienced our worst morning ever. The worst morning in the eight years I'd been a mother and, Id venture to say, worst for her *ever-ever.* The specifics of it are unimportant (exhaustion + losing a family-member with solo-parenting slapped on top)–what's important is it felt horrible and wasn’t how either of us strives to ... Continue Reading