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Tips and Tricks
My daughter wants me to write a book for her generation. She says her friends don’t know the tips and tricks that make life easier. For now, I’ll share here and maybe one day she’ll write that book because she’s a more eloquent writer than me. On Saturday morning I decided to treat myself to…
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Introducing My Son
On Saturday, I met my son and his fiancé for lunch. Some of you don’t even know I have a son, but yes, I had a baby in 1987, when I was 23, and was on track to what I was taught. Find a man. ✔️ Get married and buy a house. ✔️ Start a…
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The Magic of Picking
Neither my daughter, nor I put up a Christmas tree this year. For me, it just seemed unnecessary, but with her, I was surprised she didn’t buy one. After the work year she’s had, clearing an area to make room for a tree, wasn’t worth the effort. I saw a commercial that said, “When the…
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Park Beside Me
My daughter was in town and surprised me with a visit. She admitted to being nervous about not telling me, but really wanted it to be a surprise and it was! I’d been helping a neighbor with some printing and walking back and forth between houses trying to get the google doc to print correctly,…
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An Amazing Human
I don’t write about my daughter in great detail and won’t tell her this is publishing because she’ll cry, but I’d rather apologize later than ask permission. She’s always had a love for ‘the brand’. When we used to go shopping together, I’d show her a garment being considered for purchase and she’d slide her…
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The Chosen Few
While making the first pour of the Chemex, I can still hear her sarcastic remark and it makes me chuckle. My daughter and I are the same kind of crazy. She taught me how to make a Chemex and I watched her pour one repeatedly until it was my turn to try. Each one pours…
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Chocolate and Hummus
My daughter is visiting Wednesday and by the time this is published that day will be here. It’s Tuesday morning, but not yet daylight as I sit and type. I woke up thinking about the pile of drafts on this site waiting for the light of day. Sitting here at 6:30 a.m. it seems the…
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A Full Tank
Being a single Mom and financially stable, may not coexist at first, but it was the most rewarding season of my life. It’s been a long road, but rest assured the road will lead to greener pastures. The journey of the single Mom offers a continual concern over money. We lived in the country and…
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Make Your Bed
Recently, my daughter has been saying, “I learned it from you!” She’s 21 years old, so the things she has learned make me smile. That’s how it should be. We teach our children by example, not lectures. When they grow into adults, my hope is she has learned what’s needed to help her along her…
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The Clean Spot
Recently, my daughter told me something that I could have taken the wrong way. She said something to the affect of, “I’m not sure you taught me good things growing up.” Here is her example. While she was growing up, I didn’t want to get upset over a spill, or if she dropped something on…
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It’s Just Beginning
I put clean sheets on my bed this morning, but not my daughter’s. It’s the little things that reveal our lives are separating. We raise them to be independent, but frown when they’re independent with Momma. Today, I smiled. I’m happy my daughter is 20 years old. My ‘raising her’ days are over, but she’s…
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The Christmas Tree
Being a single Mom at Christmas has a little more pressure to it. There’s not a lot of gifts under the tree. The way I see it is, everyday of our life together is a gift. There’s one thing that I’ve always done for Christmas. If you’re a single Mom, choose one thing and do…
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Teach Them Kindness
My daughter’s Jeep got hit, but it can take it. She was pulling into a parking lot with a car in front of us. There was plenty of parking, but the car in front decided to park at the same time as my daughter. They pulled into a space side by side. The stranger’s passenger…
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What You Love
When my daughter was 5 years old, our home looked picture perfect. A designer helped furnish and decorate the main rooms of the house and wanted to invite her photographer in. She thought they would win a contest. It was the saddest season of my life. The room was used when we entertained guests and…
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