Category Archives: single parenting

5 Years Later

Posted on June 5, 2013 by

As I lay down upon the board I am on my back, floating.  Drifting in a small cove on a lake so recently kissed by an early summer cloudburst.   I am centered on the board as if on a … Continue reading →

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The Lake

Posted on June 2, 2013 by

THE LAKE He didn’t want to go, she always does.  Then there they were, offshore.  I was looking at them and smiling.  This is why I work.  This is why I stay in ‘civilization’.  For as surely as the world … Continue reading →

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A very long and interesting day…

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

The following article, written by me, reposted from http://bluehatmovement.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/may-15th-opting-out-update-again/ Wow.  I. Am. So. Tired. Just this morning I was dropping off my kids at school and reflecting at how calm life had finally become.  I felt the coming of a … Continue reading →

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Relationship with Relationship

Posted on May 7, 2013 by

I have been in a relationship for a few months now.  They always said that they would be leaving.  This person, is the kind of person who stays on the move.  Here I am at the end of it, looking … Continue reading →

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Icy Day: Essay, Photos, Fun

Posted on January 26, 2013 by

I don’t have much time to write this before the natives get restless and someone needs…. (5 minutes later)…as I was saying, I am completely outnumbered. Here is how it started… I was working away on my laptop at the … Continue reading →

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Doors

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

What can you do when someone believes that you do not care about them or they perceive you have harmed them when you literally haven’t?  When they recapitulate your kindnesses, naming you as the unkind one, what then? When you … Continue reading →

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White Christmas 2012

Posted on December 25, 2012 by

This is Christmas Eve of 2012. We just got home from a family ski vacation in Snowshoe, WV.  Here is how it went, not necessarily in order of occurrence.  And it is pared down quite a bit.  I have presents … Continue reading →

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Walking Away

Posted on November 21, 2012 by

Wow.  Things have been thick and heavy for quite a while.  There is an accurate saying that I have paraphrased numerous times…”if you think you are clear, fall in love and see what happens to it.”  I have not wanted … Continue reading →

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Adept

Posted on November 3, 2012 by

You know how you have friends that you see on a regular basis?  I have none of those.  I once did.  The last ones all moved within the last 3 months.  I don’t seek more.  Before the divorce I  had … Continue reading →

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Close

Posted on October 15, 2012 by

I had finally come to the fine point of singleness.  The tipping point of aloneness.  The fulcrum of solitude.  I can jest about it now.  I must pull in humor from the air around me.  Because as she came down … Continue reading →

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