In early December, there was a huge loss in my daughter's life... The day started with us having breakfast and talking while praising her grandfather for the person he was. I told her, "That old man is going to out live us all. He is so active and in such good health." Two hours later... Continue Reading →
I think most have forgotten 9/11, but I never will.
The anniversary of this tragic day has been bothering me for weeks now. I have been trying to get this down, but have been having a difficult time doing so. I don't know why this year is so different from years past. Perhaps it's because we have much more information now than we ever had... Continue Reading →
A strong woman looks a challenge dead in the eye and gives it a wink
For as long as I can remember, I have always been the type of woman to say "bring it on" to the higher power each and every time things have went wrong. I welcomed the challenge. A few weeks ago, me and my daughter were in a discussion about her friends from school and one... Continue Reading →
Unfaithful Friday – The biggest day of the year for Infidelity
It is said that today is the biggest day of the year for them cheaters out there to have one last hop in the sack before breaking it off for the holidays in order to spend time with family. I can see it now. Cheaters, whether male or female are not only having a great... Continue Reading →
Keeping a Journal and looking back
When my daughter returned from Greece, after her long summer there, memories of us as a family and our time together came flooding back to me. I have been in deep thought for a while now and the reason why I've been absent from this blog. For as long as I can remember, I've kept... Continue Reading →
Instead of…
Instead of telling her what a wonderful young lady she turned out to be, he told her he was sorry that he wasn't there for her while she was growing up. Instead of spending that quality time with her in conversation about those lost years, he only gave her a few seconds to respond prior... Continue Reading →
Time Lost
I wonder what it is like to have a child and even though there is distance, to not even try to keep communication going. I often think to myself that when my daughter leaves and start her own life, I could never imagine not being in communication with her. I will email her, text her... Continue Reading →
To my Daughter’s Father Part II
I wish you would have done it right and were her first love and the man who would never leave her heart. I wish you would have been the father in her life and the one she would measure all others against. I wish you would have been there to teach her what a father... Continue Reading →
To my Daughter’s Father
Over the years, I don’t think it has ever crossed your mind what you have put our daughter through. It hasn’t been the distance or even the fact that I brought her back with me to my home country. It has been your absence, not so much physically, but mentally. She has had many questions... Continue Reading →
The urge to run again
Five years ago, I was living off Easter candy, beer and cigarettes. It started the morning I received a call from my brother. On the other end of the phone he was crying and told me to come quickly. At that moment I knew she probably had passed and I prepared myself for what I... Continue Reading →
Fever inside the Storm 