Love Bigger Than You Live

Posted by on Nov 23, 2010 in Acceptance, Ketilave | 0 comments I don’t pretend to be perfect.  I have faults.  Plenty of them.  I like to stay behind the scenes in the hopes of you not seeing the mistakes.  I don’t want to be perfect I just hate to let you down. I still feel this way.  It’s just not life or death.  I will not DIE of embarrassment.  But I tried. In December 1994 I tried to kill myself.  I would have been successful...
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Blog Action Day: Water

Posted by on Oct 15, 2010 in Action, blogging, travel | 2 comments I have a hard time drinking water from the tap.  I have lived in a number of countries where even with the luxury of access to water it required boiling and filtering.  A glass of water or cooking required thought.  Is there enough there for what I want, for the others, to make dinner… The luxury of having fuel to boil water or the right items to filter water. The luxury of access to...
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Addressing Bullying

Posted by on Oct 11, 2010 in Acceptance, Passably Parenting | 1 comment October is National Bullying Prevention Month and Cyber Security Month I’m not the first person to write about bullying and I probably won’t be the last (I wish I was).  I may not get a number of Facebook posts, blog posts or reTweets.  But I speak and act in the hope of reaching 1 person and if I am lucky 5.  My 5. I have my stories of mean kids saying and doing mean things....
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Wish List – Updated October 2010

Posted by on Oct 2, 2010 in holidays, Ketilave, shopping | 3 comments I love to shop.  The other me’s dream job is a buyer.   I feel conflicted with my “go back to school, live abroad and work in international health care” self and the “OMG, I love it, gotta have it” self. With Mother’s Day and my birthday looming and the “what do you wan”t questions that come with it I’ve decided to be proactive and give my...
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Stuff

Posted by on Aug 22, 2010 in Ketilave, Passably Parenting | 0 comments I moved a lot growing up (12 schools in 12 years a lot) and I was raised by parents who grew up moving a lot and continue to do so.  We didn’t have or keep “stuff”.  What we kept and moved from place to place was based on our allotted weight limits for shipping…. This post has been moved to Richmondmom.com Real Richmond...
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