Quarantine Get What You Can Get Chicken Rice Soup

I decided in the honor of Mother’s Day, my mom’s birthday, and being quarantined that I would do something so would do for me. She would make me homemade chicken rice soup. It always made me feel better.  Quarantine got me pretty down and really emotional. I needed a pick me up. I wondered if …

Late Post: Mother’s Day Is Different This Year

Mother's Day is here again. It's a bitter sweet holiday for me. I'm a motherless mom. Every year, I get messed feelings of joy and sadness. I can't help it. My mind just doesn't know how I should feel. I want to be happy because I love being a mom to my beautiful daughter. Then, …

Fading Into the Month of May

May makes my mind fade into a fog. I’m drowning in my thoughts as another year of missed birthdays and Mother’s Day creeps up on me. I mentally forgot about Mother’s Day this year because work and life are keeping me busy. May is here now; I can’t forget about it now. The day will …

100 Days of School

I can’t believe today is the 100th of school for my daughter. Time has flew so fast this year. I’m so happy to announce my daughter stayed in school for 100 days. Oh well, she did have two weeks of virtual school after Winter break, BUT other than she stayed in school this year. My …

Thirteen Year Anniversary Letter To My Dad

Dear Dad, I’m missing you hard this year because your brother passed away on Christmas and his funeral was on Saturday. My heart aches because you were younger than him. You should have been at his funeral with me. God had other plans though of taking you off this Earth before Uncle Eugene. Life just …

Christmas Eve After Quarantine Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve at my mother in law’s feels like it happened so long ago because of the pandemic. It was so nice to spend time with family on Christmas Eve. The simple things were taken for granted before the pandemic. I just expected to see family on Christmas Eve but when I couldn’t I was …

Another Thanksgiving Without My Parents

Thanksgiving is the time to share what you’re thankful for over the year. It’s hard to think about what I’m thankful for after seeing all the posts saying “I’m thankful for my parents” popping up. I have to thinks about what they taught me and how they made me into the woman I am today.  …

Dear Mom, I Have Some Much To Tell You

Dear Mom,  I have so much to tell you. Life has so many positives right now. Hopefully, you’re watching down on me and smiling. I’m starting to feel myself again. Anastasia is changing so much as well. Life’s turning around now. Some days are easier than others for me without you. I feel as if …

Mother’s Day Creeped Up This Year

Another year without my Mom on Mother’s Day is here. My heart feels heavy. All the mom posts are starting to pop up. My heart is aching for my mom. I wish I could make a post of pictures with her and my daughter, but I can’t. I have no pictures of my daughter and …