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On Writing
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Mothering
I never thought I would be a mom. In my younger years, I didn’t really spend a lot of time with children other than the occasional interaction with the littles who were at my church. I completely lacked the desire to do activities with them or to volunteer to work in the nursery. None of that appealed to me. Kids were gross. I was only 22 when Kylie was born, and it is shocking to me now that I was so young when she came along. I loved being a mom, even though I had no idea of what I was doing. I was just getting established in my career,…
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Mad Woman
“No one likes a mad woman. You made her like that.” -Taylor Swift It is true that anger eats a person up inside. I have spent years of my life being angry with the Captain for what he did to me and to our girls. There were days when I would allow myself to fester in it, let it eat me alive, lose sleep and be miserable. It was horrible, an existence that I wouldn’t wish for anyone, simply because it gets in the way of happiness. I deserve to be happy. Our custody and child support case was resolved at the beginning of April. I had spent a year…
