theamazinglifeofarbendon : MyBlogHer Profile

My life has been turned upside down these past six months; I've made discoveries about myself and my life that I wish I could repackage neatly and put back in their psychic holes, never to resurface again.  Infidelity. Deception. Adolescent children. Early menopause. Each new blow delivered with the precision of a prizefighter: I cheated on you! BAM. You are a bitch! BAM. We don't need you anymore, Mom. BAM! Uppercut to the gut...Your womanhood is dying. BAM!BAM!BAM!  Read more >

School starts again tomorrow.  This is nothing exciting: school has either started, or will start soon for most kids and their families.  What IS exciting for me is that I am now the parent of two teenage sons; so many elements  have changed since my first child got on the bus to go to preschool.  The biggest change this year was the lack of supplies necessary for school; some notebooks, pens and pencils and we're ready to go.  I remember when "back to school shopping" meant getting a list of things to buy and hoping that not all of them were required.  I am both relieved a  Read more >