For 17 years, you’ve listened to my “Dos” and “Don’ts”. You’ve shrugged me off at times and, at others, you’ve nodded and agreed. I’ve shared my struggles of single motherhood with you. Walking miles in the hot Louisiana sun because I didn’t have a car or the money for a taxi, just to get…
Miss 17 Goes to Prom
You know how you have a teenage daughter and they sigh and huff at everything because you just don’t get it because you’re only mom and you’ve never been cool? Yeah, last week that was me with Miss 17 as we drove around for 5 and a half hours looking for a Prom dress. Well,…
Happy Mother’s Day
This morning my kids did something they’ve never done before ~ they made me breakfast. In bed. I got up because I heard Squeekerz scratching at my door, not because he really wanted to be in my room but because he wanted to be away from the kids. Have I mentioned that our dog hates…
Sometimes You Have to Take Quality Over Quantity
Last night as the last 1/2 hour of my temporary 3 to 11 shift at the library rolled around, I tweeted that I didn’t think I’d be able to survive without some caffeine and one of my favorite tweeters, @f8likemustard, asked me the following question: “Do you ever resent having to work nights @ the library?…
Why Do Moms Kill?
Disclaimer: This is by no means a defense of women who kill their children, this is an argument against entities that ignore the cries for help of mothers who are on the edge… Every time we hear stories about a mother who has killed her children, we ask ourselves why? Why would a mother go…
Mommy, What Color Were Our Eggs?
One of the things about having four children that I love and hate the most is that my oldest daughter has taken it upon herself to parent the younger kids. Actually, it’s kinda cool that she mothers them because it’s less work for me. However, she has a bad habit of telling them everything she…
I Love My Kids But It’s On Now {In the Family Room}
I like to think I’m a good mother. I’m firm when I need to be (I’ve stripped their rooms to the bare necessities for punishment) and playful most other times (I’ve sent all four of them the following text message at the same time: “Don’t tell the others but you’re my favorite” just to make…
Day 17: An Art Piece
Whew! Thank you for sticking with me this far. You guys are awesome!
I Hope You Have One Just Like You…
I don’t know about y’all but I grew up in one of those households where kids and parents had a “distant” relationship. We knew that our parents loved us but we weren’t what you’d call “friends.” There was respect and a healthy amount of fear(I think my mom had eyes in the back of her…
My Kids Don’t Trust Me
Around 10 o’clock last night Miss 13 sent me a text message that read: “Mom throat is scratchy do we have medicine?” I would complain about the whole texting me thing but usually she talks to me by updating her status on Facebook, so I figured this must be important ~ direct contact with me,…