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Day 3

What colleges have you attended? For the sake of storytelling… I’m going to use the loose definition of the word attended. My very first visit to a college was a weekend conference at Stonybrook on Long Island in New York. Over the course of my high school career, I would visit NYU, Columbia, and JohnContinue reading “Day 3”

Day 2

Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you? Play/relax/recharge/ unplug/decompress as my 40-something self, all of these words mean very similar things. Play time for me is any time my brain is not focused on the life I lead outside my front door. It’s sitting in my chair after work andContinue reading “Day 2”

Day 1

What are your biggest challenges? I have a goal to write 365 days in 2025. Blogunary will be a good way to kick that off. Some days, I will use the prompts provided, and other days, I’ll have something else to say. Today’s prompt is very appropriate for the beginning of the year at aContinue reading “Day 1”

Politics

I don’t talk politics. I have strong opinions. I contribute to my community and the causes that I am passionate about, but outside of my husband and those that pay attention… what I think and believe about the things going on outside my front door is none of your business. But, those days are over.Continue reading “Politics”

Why?

I started a new book recently and just read: “Why did I stay and suffer? The door wasn’t even locked.” I read those sentences and in the cafeteria at work, scoffed and thought to myself. All I do is stay and suffer, why am I doing that? Life is not easy lately and there isContinue reading “Why?”

Visit Day / Game Night

Visits went interestingly for the kids today. The 12 year old had a great visit with both Mom and Dad, My 7 year old was feeling a little left out by Mom and big sister. Birth dad was having a hard day so 7 year old couldn’t get him to interact. Poor kid was soContinue reading “Visit Day / Game Night”

Hard Day

Today was among the hardest days I’ve had with this placement yet. Kids were struggling to get the chores done… I was struggling with some things of my own (more on that later), And, it wound up with both of them in time out for quite a bit of time (mainly so I could keepContinue reading “Hard Day”