Tag: friends

• Midlife, Chaos, and Snacks

  

  As we sat around Friday night, discussing constipation, spinning vinyl, and indulging in salty snacks in the form of Velveeta and such, I knew we had finally made it…that point in life we hear about when we are young…promised to be full of excitement, chaos, and dramatic decisions. We are here. It’s midlife. And it’s […]

  Melissa

  December 8, 2020

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  age, awakening, encouragement, friends, friendship, gen x, generation x, gratitude, inspiration, memories, middle age, midlife, midlife crisis, nostalgia, records, reminisce, self discovery, vinyl, wisdom

• Unstoppable Strength

  

  I just received the news from a dear friend…his mother has passed. From what I heard, an angel on earth, full of spunk, love, and a great sense of humor, has left us. I never had the honor of meeting her, but I sure enjoyed the stories of her strength, and contagiously joyful spirit. She […]

  Melissa

  August 4, 2020

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  being there, cancer, caring, changes, daughters, death, disease, divorce, encouragement, family, friends, friendship, grief, home, inspiration, joy, life, losing a mother, losing a parent, loss, men, middle age, motherhood, mothers, pain, relationships, sons, storms of life, strength, struggles

• Facebook Friends

  Sometimes life is hard…like really, really hard. For any of you reading this – I am proud of you. You have most likely been through something tough in your life by now, and you are still here. You are still trying. Some stages of life are like that. We just try our best, every day. […]

  Melissa

  March 2, 2020

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  blog, blogging, caring, changes, extrovert, extroverted, facebook, feelings, friends, friendship, giving, helping others, insomnia, inspiration, instagram, loneliness, lonely, middle age, relationships, snapchat, social media, socialiazing, support, technology, thoughts, tough times, twitter, writing

• We Need Our Circle

  I think there should be a lifeline for mothers…. You’ve been up since the crack of dawn, worked all day, picked up children, picked up groceries, made dinner, helped with long division, convinced teenagers that algebra IS necessary because you said so, worked out, cleaned up dinner, emptied gross lunch boxes, picked up a lot […]

  Melissa

  January 31, 2020

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  blogging, changes, exhausted, family, feelings, friends, friendship, inspiration, life, love, middle age, midlife, motherhood, our circle, parenting, raising children, raising teenagers, raising teens, relationships, single dad, single mom, single parenting, trust

• Cleaning Up The Mess Together

  I got a little stuck this morning….Stuck on the photos section of my computer. I couldn’t take my eyes off of my children. I couldn’t help but think of how lucky they are to have each other, and what a blessed momma I am. I also couldn’t help but feel the sting in my heart […]

  Melissa

  September 12, 2019

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  divorce, divorce support, empathy, encouragement, fatherhood, friends, friendship, high school, high school reunion, inspiration, life, life decisions, middle age, midlife, midlife crisis, motherhood, parenthood, parenting, raising children, sentimental, single dad, single mom, single parenting, time

• Move The Laundry and Have a Drink

  Today Miss Charlotte will have a highly anticipated play date with two friends. Every time she talks about it, she gets a huge grin on her face, and asks me how many more days. Today it will be “how many more hours?” Wouldn’t it be nice if grown ups got as excited about getting together? […]

  Melissa

  April 18, 2019

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  cleaning, encore, family, friends, friendship, fun, house keeping, inspiration, motherhood, parenting, play date, raising children, single dad, single mom, single parenting, stress

• Waking Up

  

  Trust me – there are benefits to midlife. First of all it’s an awakening, not a crisis. Granted, much to the dismay of others, we sometimes awaken to the fact that we need a corvette ASAP. We awaken to the reality that we have put all of our hopes and dreams on hold. Maybe much worse, we […]

  Melissa

  April 3, 2019

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  awakening, awareness, blogging, career, children, divorce, family, friends, friendship, inspiration, marriage, middel age, midlife, midlife crisis, motherhood, parenthood, parenting, raising children, relationships, self aware, self care, self esteem, selfish, single dad, single mom, single parenting

• Frustrated Yet Thankful

  

  Devastated today. A dear friend lost her battle with cancer this morning. I am nauseous and exhausted from thinking about it. I’m just so sad. There is never enough time. Nothing can prepare us. We have to face pain sometimes. One of my strongest feelings today was frustration. I was making plans to go see […]

  Melissa

  November 10, 2017

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  cancer, death, divorce, divorce support, dying, friends, friendship, grieving, inspiration, loss, mourning, sadness, thankful