The End

My new dance partner
I’ve mentioned Murphy before… To refresh your memory, Murphy is John Bear’s dog, who happens to be white (Benjamin has been requesting a white dog for months and months). Since then the two have met and I’ve even been watching Murphy during the days while John Bear works. And guess what? This cat person has fallen for a dog - big time. I went from completely unable to picture a dog in my life to craving his presence. He’s my little buddy, our little buddy - with his fuzzy paws and even his stink

My dark side
There’s another thing about being a single mom, or is it just about being me… Love actually hurts me. The feeling of feeling (again) raises some kind of pain up inside of me that I can’t shake. And then I start lashing out, sabotaging my relationships, wishing away these butterflies for fear that they will turn into gray, evil moths. Then I say things I don’t mean. I hear them coming out of my mouth and I suddenly want to take them back. Rather than learning how to control this it seems to get worse as I age, as I become more cynical, as I become more accustomed to being single and as relationships seem more foreign, mo

Single Moms & Married Moms
As single moms can we really, truly be friends with married moms? Absolutely we can. Friendships are about a connection or a common bond - at least that’s how mine have all begun. With that said as a single mom I’ve found it harder to make new married mom friends. Maybe it’s just because we don’t swim in the same circles or maybe it’s because it’s hard to meet moms

Smooth Operator
While the rest of the world continues to spin, with all of its good news and bad, there is one little universe that remains unchanged. The universe of Benjamin, where he must - by now - have realized that he’s kind of cute. He’s also learning how to play the adults in his life like a fiddle. With just one pout of those puffy little lips, or one convincing, “newdea” - translation,

Taking it easy
I’m almost back, but not quite. I’m forcing myself to take it easy, to breath deeper, to relax. Until I can write more - keep up by taking a peak at my new round of photos.