October 16, 2025 5:24pm - I believe my last post was in February 2025. The months have flown by and each time I would sit down to prepare a post, I did not feel like posting it. So...here we are now, 8 months later. Spending the cold Kentucky months in Gulf Shores has been a … Continue reading LiFe Moves FAST!
Category: Family
72 and 16
2-February-2025 - Happy Groundhog Day! Today is also a little bit more special for me because today is my mama's 72nd birthday! It is also my biological nephew's 16th birthday! I have thought about this day for a while now. Knowing it was coming had my mind racing and my heart in knots. Let's address … Continue reading 72 and 16
A BIG Sister Who Cares
December 25, 2024: PSA: this post is for those who troll my social media and pretend to care but like to stir %&* up. Please...see that this message gets out..To my siblings,Merry Christmas. I wish I could carry on our daddy's tradition and call you just after midnight. If that was all I got, it … Continue reading A BIG Sister Who Cares
Just Respecting Your Wishes…
1-Aug-2024: It's a Thursday. Typical for the most part by all accounts. What makes it not entirely typical? Well, at midnight, I wanted to make the call my daddy would have made, to wish my little brother a Happy Birthday! Bet you are asking, "but, why can't you call? Is he deceased?". No, he isn't … Continue reading Just Respecting Your Wishes…
They Were Never There
March 6, 2024 - Do you know what you have been doing, on this day, for the past 11 years, every... single... year? I do. Please entertain me for a minute. Up until this year, for 11 years, every... single... year, I made a 338-mile trip to stand at my daddy's headstone. Why not this … Continue reading They Were Never There
Happy 71st ….
FEBRUARY 2, 2024 - Today is my mama's 71st birthday and my nephew's 15th birthday. Not a year goes by that I do not think of those two as this day draws near. I guess I haven't been the perfect daughter, or aunt, because neither of them even know I care enough to think about … Continue reading Happy 71st ….
Th Game of Manipulation – Part 1
Because I have been threatened by a sibling, I will have to refrain from names or anything that will specifically identify the individuals.
Yeah, It Hurts…
No one ever told me.. how to be a big sister.
Not The Same Meaning…
May 22, 2023 - What does "FAMILY" mean to you? It doesn't have the same meaning to every one, even those in the same family. I have known this my entire life. Sadly, over the last 10 years I have been reminded, in the harshest way possible, that my meaning of FAMILY is harshly NOT … Continue reading Not The Same Meaning…
Life Is Full Of Surprises…
May 14, 2023 - Mother's Day 2023. Today, I celebrate my 26th year of being a Mother. I have never made a big fuss over 'celebrating' Mother's or Father's day and sometimes I wish I had. I haven't, because I grew up in a home where it wasn't really a big deal, but it should … Continue reading Life Is Full Of Surprises…
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