Entries from June 2009

June 30, 2009

Chicken Dinner

If you would have visited me nine years ago you would not have seen this.  I was a vegetarian then, and still have vegetarian thoughts now and again, but mostly I love cooking and I like eating meat.  It’s not an easy issue is it?
So my vegetarian heart is now turning around, probably with a few [...]

June 29, 2009

So Many Layers….

June 28, 2009

A Present.

I did not do much to mark the occasion of the divorce.  I made it through the testimony fine.  I teared up when my amazing mother testified as my witness.  It was a dual punch of hearing the officialness of the divorce and hearing my mother continue to stand with me as she has always, [...]

June 27, 2009

It Was Raining

so we took our cones to-go.
mama said, make sure not to spill
but was the first to drip chocolate on her white sleeve.

June 26, 2009

Another Great Find…

First, a thanks, to all my family, friends and fellow Twitterbugs, Bloggers, and Facebook pals who sent me loving wishes yesterday as I headed to my divorce hearing.  It has been a long journey to get here (14 month separation) but in the end I felt confident going in that I gave the marriage every [...]

June 25, 2009

Day of Divorce

Today I step into the courtroom and my eleven-year marriage comes to an end.  I do not feel sad, so do not worry about me, the blessing of a fourteen-month separation is that by the time the divorce happens, your heart is on the mend.  Therefore, I continue on with this new chapter I find [...]

June 24, 2009

Wordless Wednesday: My Same Sweet Baby

June 23, 2009

Mama’s Interview

Inspired by  Earthmama’s post on Ride The Waves of Life.
Mom (37) interviews Ems (8) and Boo (6):

1. What is something mom always says to you?
Ems: PICK UP YOUR CLOTHES
Boo: I LOVE YOU.
2. What makes mom happy?
Ems: WHEN WE CLEAN UP ALL OUR MESSES.
Boo: US BEING REALLY GOOD
3. What makes mom sad?
Ems: WHEN [...]

June 22, 2009

Sewing Sunday

She got a sewing kit from her Aunt Karen for Christmas or her birthday.  I don’t remember.  I was changing out curtain rods in the three bedrooms.   She caught me in the middle to ask if she threaded the needle correctly.  I sighed and then remembered that this was much more than hanging curtains. [...]

June 21, 2009

Saturday 6.20.09

A peaceful ending to a quite chaotic day.