by Carolyn on February 15, 2010
It feels eerily the same as when I was ten.
Waiting for a phone call that’s not coming. Wondering what I did wrong. Thinking that maybe the last time we talked I wasn’t nice enough, didn’t seem interested enough in his life, or that maybe somehow I upset him. That internal dialogue is whispering through my [...]
by Carolyn on January 18, 2010
I love the work that Jacque Fletcher does on her blog “Becoming a Stepmom“. I did an interview with her (which by the way didn’t feel like an interview at all) where she made me so comfortable that I would have told her anything. And she has written a wonderful book entitled “The Career Girl’s [...]
by Carolyn on January 11, 2010
I find myself dreading and avoiding that age old, over asked question this January.
“What’s your New Year’s resolution?”
I usually have one. In years past, I’ve answered with one of the typical and over used options like working out, losing weight, eating right and being organized. But this year I can’t even keep up the pretense [...]
by Carolyn on November 20, 2009
Have you ever agreed with someone on a topic only to realize later, after closer consideration that you didn’t agree at all, and you wish wish wish you could go back in time and change your answer?
Just me? Oh.
As a guest on the online radio show Coparenting Matters, one of the co-hosts Talibah asked me [...]
by Carolyn on October 27, 2009
Maybe I’ve just had weddings on the brain, but it seems like I’ve been reading about matrimony everywhere. First, I read about the demise of the magazine Modern Bride. Can you believe that? The publication has been dropped. Then Wednesday Martin posted a link last week to the art and story of a second wife’s [...]
by Carolyn on October 23, 2009
I wouldn’t be exaggerating if I told you that when I saw a note from Jacquelyn Fletcher, author of the book The Career Girls Guide to Becoming a Stepmom and her blog by the same title, I was a little (okay, a lot) excited. She told me how much she related to one of my [...]
by Carolyn on October 18, 2009
I always wanted a full blooded sibling.
For a couple of reasons.
First, I always wished for someone to share the burden of being the last remaining relic of my parent’s marriage. It’s hard feeling like an anchor around your parent’s ankles; tethering them to one another when they so very much wanted to be severed. I’ve [...]