Suzanne Says…

Ok, I feel I must warn you this post is probably going to be one of the more truly “unedited” posts of the year here. But, I believe everything happens as it does for a reason, so in keeping with the email Baby Sis sent which I share with you on the last post, I will attempt to be kinder than necessary…even if I don’t want to. I will try.

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Friday was Oldest Son’s girlfriend’s birthday, so this Grandma had two little ones spending the night. At this point, the best thing about Grandma’s house is all the computers, and beg and beg did they to ‘play game’.
They are both potty-training, and were brought to me with underwear and no pull-ups. So, my first [...]

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A friend sent me the following yesterday via email, and I thought I’d share it with you all:

Just a Mom?
A woman, renewing her driver’s license at the County Clerk’s office, was asked by the woman recorder to state her occupation.
She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself.
“What I mean is, ” explained [...]

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I’d like to say I thought I wouldn’t have to write this post, but I’d be telling you all a whopper. My gut knew, but I knew it would have to go this way for me to be ok with what’s happened. So let me fill you in…
Sunday night, Adopted Son called pleading with [...]

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Yes, we all survived Spring Break, hallelujah! It was touch and go a couple of times, but we made it.
No stretch of days seems to pass here lately without some serious life lessons involved. Life lesson realizations, more accurately.
You know, when I made the decision to take Adopted Son in, I knew what I [...]

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A recent commenter on Another One Bites the Dust said:
For parents, there are two most important things - money making and children…of course it is easier to say that we need to balance between the two…but how about the reality..?
Lord knows I’ve screwed up countless times in this department as a parent. I may be [...]

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