Zoe told me that she loved me today. Via text. Unsolicited. Where she actually had to think about it and use her thumbs and had a chance to backspace rather than pushing send. Not the usual drive by at bedtime that we half-heartily exchange 'Goodnight, love you, see you in the morning,' while barely hugging. … Continue reading 525,600 minutes
Author: jylbear
Having mid-range success at navigating the world around me. I find most things funny and often laugh when it's completely inappropriate.
Whoosh.
After nearly fifty years of living, I understand the theory that most of life swings on a pendulum. The theory where a trend or a thought or a cause jumps to top of mind and sends the world into a frenzy of 'we need to fix this immediately!!!' Or, closer to home, the theory where … Continue reading Whoosh.
Feline-ding Herself
Trigger Warning: If stories about pets being in charge will cause you to run to the shelter and get one (or two) of your own that you will then go above and beyond to spoil, then definitely keep reading. Today we really, really, really realized how this whole 'my people are home all day long!' … Continue reading Feline-ding Herself
A Graduation Story
Life with teens: A lovely day turned into a lovely dinner OH KABOOM WE'RE HAVING AN ARGUMENT *$!@*@&$(%. What the what? Thursday: Twas the night before graduation and all through the house, every creature's disgruntled, my kid is a louse. The cap and the gown hung in the shower with care, in hopes a diploma … Continue reading A Graduation Story
Please.
Please. Can we just let these kids graduate? Can we let them feel the pride of completing twelve years of school? Can we post pictures as proud parents outside of their school - cap & gown, diploma in hand - and receive accolades for surviving? Please. I know there is a lot going on right … Continue reading Please.
2020, Month 43
I saw a meme last week that this year it seemed like we (America) got caught building on an Indian burial land. Uh, well, yeah...that does seem to make things clearer. I feel like our life-landlord is looking to our renewal contract, has better tenants in mind and is, therefore, making our lives as hellish … Continue reading 2020, Month 43
Finding My Perspective
Well. This has been one of those weeks where I had a blog mostly queued up and then turned around and wrote another in less than my usual draft-edit-draft-edit-draft-edit-post time. So, apologies for any misspellings, grammatical issues and, oh, the lack of humor. Two weeks in a row without a joke - uncool... Trigger alert. … Continue reading Finding My Perspective
Golden Girls
We are well into the bucket of moving Zoe out. Oh wait, no we aren't. Yes. Nope, we're out again. Back in. And out. Okay. This is how it's going. In a continuation of the 'getting Zoe to college in the hardest way possible' sagas, we have reached the point of the process where we … Continue reading Golden Girls
Just the one, then?
We've mostly successfully rounded the corner on another Mother's Day. It's an odd holiday for anyone in a 'mixed' family - where a biological mother exists as well as a stepmother. Or maybe it's just more odd here with our dynamics of having the kids full-time-all-the-time, making me much more mom-ish, maybe, than an every-other-weekend … Continue reading Just the one, then?
Raise Your Hand
95% of you will check out of this post in about three seconds. It will start out slightly heavy and then move into better times. The heavy part is not about me, but needed for background. So, hang in there. I’m also not writing into a big personal reveal - I'm just writing about something … Continue reading Raise Your Hand
