Dear Single Mamas: Life Does Get Better. Someone said this to me when I was going through my divorce and I thought I couldn’t be a single mama, full-time working mama, soccer mama, and whatever hat I also needed to wear. I thought life was going to be even harder when I realized I was truly on my own and their father wasn’t going to be an active part of their life. But life got better. And it will for…
Some days, it is a war in my mind. The war isn’t a new one, at least not to me. I am sure it is not a new one to anyone. The war of doing something the easy way versus doing something challenging or will challenge me. I have written about laziness and entitlement before. This is not what I mean in this respect. A lot of people find life easier by taking the easy way: everything handed to them,…
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Ever year I like to share with you what maybe drew you to this blog of mine or a post that you might have missed that was wildly popular. These, as do all of my posts, mean a lot to me and I am so happy to share what I have learned with you in 2013. 1. Dehydrating Blueberries 2. Homemade Laundry Detergent Revisited 3. Nourishing Foods For Your Food Storage 4. Frugal Tip Friday 5. Monday Frugal Update and…
Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday shopping can be crazy. Stores opening at midnight if they even closed at all. Standing in line and getting a ticket to buy an item at a significant savings. Missing out time with family and friends to go shopping. Employees missing time with family and friends on a holiday to satisfy a corporation’s greediness. No, I don’t agree with stores being open on Thanksgiving Day. It is a holiday after all and just because someone…
I struggle. We all struggle. Sometimes the right response to a situation absolutely does not come to me. Sometimes the right thing to say becomes clouded in what I want to say and can’t. I am not a good verbal speaker most days. I have a tough time putting my sentences together and making sense. But I can write. Some days I feel like I am back in junior high. Let me tell y’all – I HATED junior high school….