A Writers Block

I have to admit I’ve been discouraged lately about the institution of marriage. So many of my friends and acquaintances have had to experience divorce in their lives and the toll it takes on the people it touches can be almost as devastating as a death. Then there are those who have worn the mask of relationship so long that they don’t know how to be a spouse or a friend. Dishonesty has crept into their world surrounding them and those who care about them. There are the couples who only know how to be angry, hold grudges, and run their partners down. There are those who are so lonely for friendship and affection that they smother their marriage by looking for it there. Others can’t see anything but the perfection of themselves and the imperfections of the other. And there are others who just keep on truckin’ because they don’t expect that they or their spouse could be anything greater for the other. They settle for less than the joy of friendship and intimacy they could have with thei...

Okay, for those of you who think I have completely lost my mind (this would include my husband from time to time) here is a pretty good explanation as to why I feel and act the way I do lately. THIS is my son - kindly dubbed a "Little Demon" by his adoring Aunt Cryssie. "It was so much simpler when you could put the baby down in one general area and expect him to pretty much stay there safe and sound. Sure, you had to allow for the occasional rollover, and then there was that way-too-brief period when he crawled on all fours, but there was no movement so significant that it made blinking your eyes or turning your head an invitation to disaster. Now he's streaking from one peril-fraught room to another like a lunatic with a death wish and you would give anything for him just to be still. I'm beginning to find the humor in the situation now, but there were times when I felt like a fool trying to put a collar on a bumblebee." Vicki Iovine from The Girlfriends...

Today was Kayla's first day in first grade at a new school. Wow, was she amazing! I think I tossed and turned all night and she woke up bright and cheery, ready to take on the whole deal. Daddy gave her a special necklace to wear and took her into her class. She was radiant. Meanwhile, back at the farm I'm going nuts worrying that somehow I will forget to wait for her to arrive from the bus. AS IF!!!! I think I paced for a half hour before the bus appeared on the horizon. It was all I could do to wait for her to get off. I didn't even get words out before she bounded down the driveway giggling with glee over the bus ride. She beamed from ear to ear. I asked her how her teacher was and she said, "GREAT!" I asked her what her favorite things were about today and she said the soccer and the bus. What a crack up. So tomorrow I'll be up early taking her to school. I'm so glad she's happy. She played with her neighbor friend and made some new friends. I'...