Birth Experience My Way

Originally published May 2009 As I get older and find myself in the phase of my life that experts like Christiane Northrup (The Wisdom of Menopause) claim is the time when women find their “voice”, I thought my outspokenness had just emerged.  I realize now that...

Empty Nest

Originally published June 2009 I guess I’m going through a bit of the “empty-nest syndrome.”  Family members that are in close proximity of me all have things going on that leaves me very much on my own.   Oldest daughter, Erin who lives in California...

Divorce

Originally published October 2009 When I was living through the first few years of divorce from my children’s father, I couldn’t wait to have the girls grown up so I would never have to deal with him again.  My first husband and I were married six years; it was a...