Year: 2011

Reader Question: Family Relationships, Stay or Walk Away?

Reader Question: Since her marriage,her husband’s parents have basically disowned their son and have little or nothing to do with him or his children. Though her husband has come to terms with how the relationship is, she is struggling to accept it.

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Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas Everyone! Izzy decorating the tree… This past year has been such a trip OMG! But thankfully it’s ended on a very high note. As a quick update the kids and I are nicely settled into our new beautiful

Our Last Night in Portland, Oregon.

Tonight is bitter sweet for sure. It’s the last night the kids and I will spend in Oregon, tomorrow morning the movers come to take us on our new adventure. It’s been such a crazy couple of months that the

Happy Endings.

Our new dream home 🙂 I love happy endings. Fairy-tails, rags to riches, all that…especially when they are mine! I set out in January saying to myself (and probably posted it here) that 2011 would be my best year ever.

In Another Life

Sometimes its hard to understand why things happen the way they do. They just don’t make sense. Like how can you go through your whole life waiting for and dreaming about a certain moment, then the moment comes and it’s

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Cooking for Thanksgivng With my Kids

Izzy cutting yams… I love Thanksgiving. It’s always been my favorite holiday all my life, but it takes on even greater meaning the older my children get. I love cooking with my kids no matter what and they love to

Greatest Life Lesson.

I watched one of Oprah’s Life Classes recently and was struck by what one of the guest said, and have been pondering it ever sense. But it wasn’t until yesterday that I believed it, and realized how true it really is.  To paraphrase:

A Fresh Start.

So the last few weeks have been a whirlwind! But thankfully in a good way. As you know I’m a fighter, survivor and believe in turning adversity into triumph. So when faced with my latest test, I was determined to

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