It's all about the kids (part 2)

I wish that when I had separated from Laura and Nathan's father there had been something like the Foundations Parenting orders program. It may have made all the difference to how the last ten years played out, and continue to play out.   The parenting orders program is ordered by a family court judge when parents are unable to come to an agreement in regards to their children. However, I initiated the process before Aston's father and I had gotten to the stage where we were fighting in...

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Its all about the kids! (part 1)

I have three children, two from my first marriage, one from my second. The 22nd April marked ten years since I left my first husband. 18th June, 3 years since I separated from my second. (I'm sure that one day I won't physically cringe when I say I have been married twice, and divorced twice. Today isn't it.) All I wanted once I had separated from their fathers was for us - the grown ups! to be able to parent our children, and put their best interests first and foremost. My...

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Wordless Wednesday - sleeping

Playing Wordless Wednesday with  ...

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river of tears

anger pulses through me ... white hot heat... it masks the deep sadness that hurts my heart... anger fuels me to action, to do what needs to be done, keep the sadness at bay... image source if you peel back the anger, let the sadness out, I'll drown in a river of my own tears, like Alice in wonderland, just looking to get home. I swim to the shore, feel the sun on my face, dry out, renewed... My grace restored, I will not let it be destroyed. ..the sadness remains like a lonely child inside...

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The M word

no I'm not getting Married. I'm moving. Well to be precise I'm moving in with M. We made this decision three months ago. When his lease is up in mid September we are moving in together. Its taken me three months to not feel both terrified and excited. Now I just feel excited... and a tad frustrated, because I'm not the most patient person in the world, and would just like it to be done! Why was I terrified? Well my track record to date in regards to relationships where...

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