Author Archives: Kismet

I am sitting here in my “command center” at my dining room table which serves as office and school room as well as a place to gather for meals. Sometimes as moms out day starts off fairly sane, hopeful, with us feeling in control. Depending on the day this can quite quickly erode depending onContinue reading “To do …or not to do”

This is Level II stuff. Please don’t read if you think everyone can just get along after divorce. This is not everyone’s experience although it is what I hoped for and jealously long for when I see it in others’ post divorce lives. I thought long and hard about posting but this is for thoseContinue reading “Not about the election but other tough stuff”

It really hits home, you really realize how someone messed with your mind, and how you let them, for so many years when, the first weekday of “falling back” from Daylight Saving to standard time…he calls to tell you it is time for you to pick the kids up from his home snd take themContinue reading “Believe in Yourself”

Virtual Tour of 703 106th Ave N, Naples FL 34108, USA. — Read on tours.boutiqueimagery.com/public/vtour/display/1633768 This was my COVID lockdown project. Lots of sweat & tears (no blood fortunately!) in this renovated 1960s retro baby. For sale now!

My current book club book is Indigo Girl. It is a historical fiction novel about 17 year old Eliza Lucas, left in charge of her father’s plantations in colonial South Carolina. She fights every day to make a profit from the indigo crop and stakes her family’s fortune toward it but experiences nothing but failureContinue reading “We can choose bitterness or love”

My current self says to my past self… Think about why someone would want to move every time you become settled… Why would he talk you into building a house that becomes your dream house as you fill it with babies…only to talk you into selling it with the dream of raising your boys onContinue reading “Notes to Self…and Maybe Others”

This week my five kids returned to school. I expected it could be at least slightly chaotic as back to school week can be under the best circumstances. In fact it was peaceful. Our school district gave 4 choices for school this year. Many people criticized me for sharing these with my kids and askingContinue reading “Back to School 📚✏️🚌”

I homeschooled my five kids for 12 years until in 2016 my oldest decided to attend public school entering 6th grade middle school. Homeschooling is so great. It was actually my once husband who proposed the idea when my oldest turned 3 and I was researching preschools. I learned all I could, got involved inContinue reading “School in the Time of COVID”

I write about a wide variety of subjects. You should know this one will be political in nature so if you aren’t interested in a reasonable presentation of facts on such a topic this is your notice so you may move on. Which brings me to my topic. You’ve heard of MoveOn.org. Perhaps not soContinue reading “Amnesia”

This post was inspired by two requests. I don’t feel entirely comfortable preaching or teaching. I am always in learning and simply like to share my experience so others can take what is useful to them. I was speaking with a friend today who noted that we cannot grow stronger if we are not challenged.Continue reading “Reflection”