Inconvenient Timing

Divorce sucks.   Let’s face it – for all parties involved.  Sure, the promise of a brighter, happier tomorrow scabs over the wound, but sometimes, when you least expect it, the scab falls off and the wound bleeds.
The other day I received a card from a friend’s mother – a truly lovely, wonderful woman — [...]

Organization.

Finally, Friday.  My day off from the glamorous career of a Bob Evans’ hostess.  Yesterday, my day involved cleaning the restrooms, sweeping the floors, listening to my fellow hostess talk about breast milk for an hour (quite literally), and getting my hands smacked for keeping them in my pockets.  Sigh.  I like my job, I [...]

Charybdis Under the Bridge . . .

Marriage counseling.  27 years of marriage.  5 beautiful children.  Marriage counseling?
We all saw it coming.  I remember as a little kid wishing my parents would get divorced.  The fighting would stop, my problems would subside, and my life would be calm.  Now, all I can think about is how my life would undeniably change.  
Who [...]