More than a decade ago this page was a crutch as I limped through parenting a lot of kids…and then one day I just stopped writing. I don’t remember why. Maybe I didn’t need it anymore. Or maybe life defeated me in ways I didn’t want to explain and so I just…didn’t.
To see what I’m writing now, click on my SUBSTACK. Follow along. Let’s see where this goes.
Latest Stories
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Mommy? »
He called me mommy on his second day in my home. People said, “Oh, how sweet!” Sweet? Not really. Totally emotionally dysfunctional? Definitely. Imagine your own child, ripped from your home for whatever reason…any reason at all…and plopped into someone’s living room. Then given a bed and told they live there now. Now imagine your…
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Just Another Scenic Sunday 9/25/11 »
This Week In MY Life I…. Built a floor for our cabin… Enjoyed the Fall view from our property… Made friends with this guy…until his momma came and then we hid in the truck… Rafted the Kenai River with Luke and his class… Dressed my kids for “I Wouldn’t Be Caught Dead Wearing That” day…
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Just Another Scenic Sunday 01/01/12
My mom and dad…my brothers family…and mine. All together for the first time in about fourteen years… THIS week in my life I…. Gave Billy a razor for his three chin hairs… Watched the kids enjoy the simple things on New Years Eve… Discovered borderline frostbite on Anthony’s cheeks while sledding… Took the kids to…
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Fiction Friday 9/23/11 »
Fiction Friday, my way of forcing myself to write outside my comfort zone of non-fiction, by backing myself into a corner every Thursday night. Chapter ONE Chapter TWO Chapter THREE Chapter Four By Monday morning, word had gotten around the village and whispers had turned into assumptions which had quickly become pure fact, as is…
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When The Boy Becomes A Man »
It’s just after midnight and if you’d driven by my house a few moments ago, you’d have seen me in my pajamas, blood up to my elbows, chasing a salmon head around the grass in the dark. Even as I sit and type, scales are still attached to my forearms and two bandaids stop the…