From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Missing

April 15, 2009

One more night.  I am missing my three-year-old Benjamin but after sorting through old pictures all morning (I do that when he’s gone), I’m really missing this little guy.  What will I do with two nights a week? I definitely need the “me” time but this will take some adjusting.  Benjamin and I have been [...]

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Smog

April 13, 2009

I woke up wishing I had stayed behind in my dream.  There was a fire.  I saw a staircase. But the rest of the people were running past it for a second staircase, a more crowded staircase – almost impassable. I chose the empty staircase. There was someone else ahead of me. A man. But [...]

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The Easter Man

April 12, 2009

My son can’t wait to be a man.  You don’t have to know him very well to instantly see that inside of this little three-year-old is a strong, tough guy waiting to come out and do man things all day. Take my Uncle Dennis’ truck for example. There is no place on Earth Benjamin would [...]

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Single Mom Friday Zen, IV

April 9, 2009

Just when you think you’re absolutely certain the highlight of your evening will be one thing, and not the other, something else shows up  and then takes off as fast as it can

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Tune in…

April 9, 2009

UPDATE: They didn’t air my video. Instead they featured some conservative guy ranting about “evil” single mothers by choice and another single mom blogger – you can find her site here. That’s just the way TV news works… next time (if there is a next time) I’m not telling any of you until after it [...]

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Father Figure

April 8, 2009

Maybe I gave up. Maybe I just didn’t want to hear another “I can’t” or “I’ll try” – each one cutting a bit deeper than the last. But somewhere along the way I just stopped. I stopped asking my ex-husband to spend more time – time outside of his 36 hours a week – with [...]

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My imaginary husband

April 6, 2009

It’s been so long since I’ve had a husband, or even a steady boyfriend for that matter, that I now can only imagine what it would be like. There’s nothing tangible left, not even an old pair of boxer shorts. Just pictures like this one. At first, when Benjamin was just four-months-old, the memories of [...]

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Fiesta Fever

April 5, 2009

I’ve finally made up my mind. On Friday afternoon after the voting closed for my Ford Fiesta graphics with a virtual tie between black flowers and no graphics I was still torn. As hard as I tried I couldn’t picture myself in a car with flowers (albeit cool bad ass funky flowers). When I picked [...]

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Single Mom Friday Zen, III

April 3, 2009

The days when bad hair days don’t matter – at all are the best days of our lives. It means we’re too young to care, we are who we are and only that, at peace with ourselves and blissfully unaware of what lies beyond the comfort of mommy’s warm kitchen. But just because we’re adults [...]

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Because I trust you…

April 2, 2009

And because I wouldn’t be driving this car without you, I’m letting you all (yes, you) pick my new Ford Fiesta. Here are my favorite options from Fiesta Movement Mission Control. [Note: one of the options is NONE, just to make that clear - I don't have to have graphics on my Fiesta but there [...]

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