...After several years of marriage, I started feeling like a 'nag', and felt like I wasn't being appreciated. That really scared me, because I could feel the resentment building between us... More >>

My 38 year old daughter and I were very close when she was growing up, but then we went through a rough stage. She was mean. I cried. She rarely came to visit. I complained... More >>

...I didn't think my life would go this way, but it has. As I get older, I realize that life is not meant to be lived alone, and the older I get, the harder life gets... More >>

I can't help but wonder what happened to parents from my generation who have dropped the ball on teaching their children... More >>

...It was so hard to be a wife, mother, and part-time student that I had no interest in adding employment to the mix. I knew it was best to be home with my kid... More >>

...I worked in hospice for many years, and always asked our patients if they had any regrets about their lives. We usually got the typical answers, but one day, I got a different response... More >>

I fell in love with each of my kids as they were born. When my first was about eight months old, I took a part-time job as a hostess at a restaurant, from 10AM to 2PM. We didn't need the money, but I was being pressured by my mom to go back to work... More >>

...I wanted the little house with a picket fence and to live in the same neighborhood all my days, raising my children, having them put roots down, living close to my parents so they would always have Grandma and Granddaddy around... More >>

There was never any question in my mind that I would get a college degree and be a stay-at-home mom. My education molded me into adulthood and solidified my values... More >>

Much of my life (even as a kid), I've been a strong, energized, creative and independent thinker. I lived life in the moment, and when I did not, I looked mainly forward, and seldom back... More >>