Traveling the World Through Others
My oldest son and I have been talking a lot lately about choices and consequences and responsibility. He is angry with me about the divorce. It’s a mix really. He tells me he lost respect for me and his father because of the divorce. This came up because he lost his phone because of his…
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I have been doing a lot of dreaming lately. In my daily life. In my meditations. I am dreaming of my future and I am dreaming about my past. The other night my BF and I were at an Ugly Sweater party. He is about seven years younger, so much of the party was made…
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I want to change the stigma that goes hand-in-hand with being a single mom. I want to lift off the caked in belief that a single mom is always struggling. Yes, we work hard, but I don’t think we work any harder than some women who are married. Let’s be honest. Even when I was…
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Maybe Maybe we’re getting divorced because you put the stick of butter in front of the butter dish instead of in it. Maybe we’re getting divorced because I vacuum and you just can’t see the dirt. Maybe we’re getting divorced because I make more money than you and you stayed home to raise our boys.…
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My closest family is made up of my two little boys. They both bring a level of contentment to my life that is unmatched. Kissing their little cheeks before I leave for work at 6:15 am is the single most favorite thing in my life. The warmth of their skin and the sweet smell…
Read MoreWhat is forgiveness? It is a question I ask my tenth graders as we read through our most recent novels. In its most simplistic form it is an act of bestowing a pardon upon another for a wrong doing. Something that sounds so easy translates into an action that feels neither natural nor inclined. This…
Read MoreThis last trip to the beach was the first trip without the ex. First he was out of my bedroom, then he was out of my bank account, and now his is out of my vacations. As I wrestled with a bottle of Coppertone, I realized that I had no one to help me put…
Read MoreLast night I had a great conversation with one of my friends. It was about love. This seems to be a topic that comes up in my life often. I think that it is my soul’s mission in this life. Everyone comes into this life with a plan, a purpose. Perhaps I should preface this…
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The Wandering Empath 