Single mom. Writer. Lover of life. Because creating a life by design takes moxie.
Well hello there and HAPPY FRIDAY awesome Moxie-Dude reader, Today’s post is brought to you by a thought. And that thought is: you’re never too old to learn something new. And when I say “you”, I really mean me. Here’s the deal. You know how when you go over to someone’s house and they have [...]
A few weeks after the world was supposed to end, Jonathan decided to celebrate the continuation of humankind by going snowboarding. Only he ended up commemorating his mortality by breaking his arm. (True story. And you can read about it here.) While we were in the hospital waiting room (the size of a cattle holding [...]
Last Wednesday started out like any other day. Except that it was possibly the coldest day of the year. It was also my birthday. As always, I was the first one up and had a whole two hours to indulge in my solitude as I tried to figure out how I felt about yet another [...]
Does anyone else’s week look like this? The day job . . . thinking about that article I want to write . . .the kids . . . the cooking . . . thinking about that article I want to write . . . the day job . . . the cleaning . . . [...]
A friend of mine is currently going through breast cancer. This series of blog posts is inspired by a goal to increase our awareness of breast HEALTH. “Energy flows where the attention goes.” About 15 years ago I did something that you would expect from a teenager. I was in my early 30s . . [...]
I come from a long line of single moms. My mother was a single mom. Her mother was a single mom. So like the blue bloods of monarchy, I boast a three-generation pedigree of single mom genes. All that to say that I’m an expert in my field. And since I know only too well [...]
Jed and Dakota after watching me try to find my driveway yesterday. For those of you who live in a nice warm place right now (like FLORIDA!) Montreal got a record-breaking 45 cm of snow. If you aren’t familiar with the metric system, that’s A LOT of snow. I am now related to Alaska.
Sometimes I think I was born the wrong gender. Before I go on, I should probably clarify that statement. This has nothing to do with my sexual orientation, but rather my disinterest in the fine activity of SHOPPING. And now that the holiday season is fast-approaching, shopping has morphed into an extreme sport. One that [...]
Every day I go to bed with a list in my head of all the things I want to accomplish the next day. Seriously. And usually by 8 a.m. I feel pretty good about myself. Well not this morning. Why? Because last night the hamster kept me up until waaayyyy past the witching hour. And [...]
On this blog I write about the joys and challenges of life as a single mom and my utter surprise at having reached THIS age.
I’ve also been known to write about the difference between boys and girls, getting stabbed in the face while sleeping and things you’ll never hear from your teenagers. I've been writing professionally since 1992.
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