Three weeks ago, I received a rather disturbing letter from my x-sister-in-law. We used to write a couple of times a year but that hadn't happened in the last two years. The main reason for writing the letter was to tell me all that was going on with them since her father passed away in... Continue Reading →
Where to call home – Torn between two Countries
I'm not sure if any of you have ever been torn between two countries and have had to deal with the decision on which one to call home. Well, I have. When I lived Greece, I would travel back and forth every three months, stay for about six weeks and then return again. During that... Continue Reading →
Mr. Disappointment is so negative about her going to Greece for a year
When I told my daughter of the idea I had of her spending a year overseas in Greece, she was ecstatic to say the least. She had already been telling me prior to us contacting the foreign exchange program that she was already ready to return. I cannot even describe what her face looked like... Continue Reading →
Greece bound for Summer
I am monitoring her flight in real time as I write this. This morning I took my daughter to the airport to put her on the plane to Greece for the summer. This time, it was different. There were no tears. If you remember last year, I had a breakdown at the airport when saying... Continue Reading →
Thinking back to the darkest time of my life
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about the eerie thoughts that had been running through my mind and found out it was all due to menopause. Since then, I had been thinking back to when I had these similar thoughts, but I just couldn’t pinpoint when that was. As I continued racking my... Continue Reading →
An overseas birth in Greece
My daughter is now 15. Where has the time gone?! It seems like only yesterday I had all these thoughts about not only becoming a first time mother, but also the concern of my daughter's future in a country, I thought at the time, would be our home forever. While I sat there thinking, I... Continue Reading →
His anger is never ending
My daughter decided, as a joke, to text her dad and tell him I would be going to Greece with her this summer. She asked him if he would pick us up from the airport and if we could stay at his place. He told her this was serious and something that they would need... Continue Reading →
Finding out after all these years
I just discovered from my daughter why her aunt (M) doesn't like her new sister-in-law. While my daughter was in Greece, M kept telling her that she really wanted to talk to me, but because of the language barrier, she was not able to do so. My daughter told her that whatever she wanted to tell... Continue Reading →
How deep was your love?
In my first marriage, we got together for reasons not involving love. I was 18 at the time and knew it was time to jump ship. This was the first cross roads in my life that I had encountered. There were two paths. One would have been a path to self destruction, and the other... Continue Reading →
Big ol’ Jet Airliner
During the first year and a half while living in Greece, I had to fly back and forth to the states every three months. That was eighteen years ago. Geez, has it been that long? Every three months like clockwork, I had to leave Greece and fly home. My future father in law at the... Continue Reading →
Fever inside the Storm 