Middle Aged Woman Blogging

This is beautiful. I can relate to this completel...

2010-07-28T09:48:56.729-05:00

This is beautiful. I can relate to this completely. My daughter and her best friend ran away when they were 4. They packed the most important things -- one My Little Pony a piece and some cookies -- and went out the back door of the friend's home, through the back yard and down the fence line to their riding teacher's home. She called us and we let them live their fantasy for a while.

My daughter's online name has been NomadLisa for a long time. She just booked her flight for a vacation in Peru last week. But she will be "home" for Christmas.

KrippledWarrior, I don't think I had any choice in...

2010-07-27T13:16:27.255-05:00

KrippledWarrior, I don't think I had any choice in the matter. Her path was lain out when she entered my life.

Gillian, I don't think I allowed anything, frankly. Honestly, I tried to stop her from going to Africa. I cried, I threw fits, I tried to make her feel guilty!! None of it worked! LOL

Kobico, she made $3,000 a year while in the Peace Corps. That is the money that funded the trip to Asia. Her father and older brother were living in Singapore at that time. The company they worked for, paid for my son to get to Singapore, which was the big expense. Their dad paid the rest.

Thanks to all of you who congratulated me on my parenting skills. Again, I reiterate, basically I had no say! LOL

Heather, you are the best friend a daughter could have! xoxo

This post also makes me a little teary eyed. I am...

2010-07-27T13:06:29.610-05:00

This post also makes me a little teary eyed. I am so proud of Paigie but oh, how I wish we all lived closer together.

I'm still wondering how she could afford to tote t...

2010-07-27T00:59:00.076-05:00

I'm still wondering how she could afford to tote those books around the globe!

I think it's wonderful your daughter had a chance to explore while she was still young and able to recover quickly. It's not always so easy on an older body ... ugh!

This post gives me goosebumps. Kudos to you for a...

2010-07-26T20:59:34.197-05:00

This post gives me goosebumps. Kudos to you for allowing your daughter to be herself, and never trying to talk "sense" into her or any other crap.
You were so brilliant to allow her to chase down her dreams, not all daughters are as fortunate.
xoxo

She sounds like someone I would like to know. I ag...

2010-07-26T05:51:47.927-05:00

She sounds like someone I would like to know. I agree with KW and Elsiee....good job Mom!

You raised a wanderer. An explorer. How proud you ...

2010-07-25T21:13:59.722-05:00

You raised a wanderer.
An explorer. How proud you must be.

Zach is so funny, I don't know if I can do him jus...

2010-07-25T19:16:16.248-05:00

Zach is so funny, I don't know if I can do him justice, but I thought the same thing! I will have to interview both of you before I write it! LOL

Cannot wait to see you! xoxo

Thanks for the love Momma :) I'm so excited to see...

2010-07-25T19:10:03.015-05:00

Thanks for the love Momma :) I'm so excited to see you soon! You'll have to post again after the Glacier trip - but tell it from Zach's perspective... I am already dying laughing just thinking about it.

... and I DO come home...sometimes.

an adventurous daughter is the product of an AMAZI...

2010-07-25T18:12:03.727-05:00

an adventurous daughter is the product of an AMAZING mom - she is so the mirror of your own adventurous soul!

You just wait til your baby grows up!! They have ...

2010-07-25T18:00:46.125-05:00

You just wait til your baby grows up!! They have a path all their own and we basically have no control over it... thus is the way of the world.

Okay. I'm totally crying now.

2010-07-25T17:51:48.401-05:00

Okay. I'm totally crying now.

This is a sweet post that captures your daughter's...

2010-07-25T13:28:36.255-05:00

This is a sweet post that captures your daughter's spirit. The last line gave me a chill.

MJ's problem was that he was a GENTLEMAN. He didn'...

2010-07-24T07:00:54.276-05:00

MJ's problem was that he was a GENTLEMAN. He didn't want to PROVE anything, he just didn't care about tabloids. He didn't UDNRESS himself, how many would do to prove vitiligo... He could tell us about Chandler's and other, about how he always makes settlements with accussers, cause he is tired of the whole situation. But would we listen? Who cares about the truth?? I mean, we have another celebrity to HATE and TRASH. Hi didn't want to STRIP himself before us, and I RESPECT him for that. But you know, he LOST, cause he didn't do what we wanted, he didn't OBEY. And we didn't even try to understand him.

I've been raised in the 90s, when EVERYBODY KNEW he 'bleached his skin and his wee-wee' (did anyone asked HOW did he do this??) and 'liked 13 y.o. boys in his bed'(a pedophile that paid 20 mln dollars ... to a father who NEVER CARED FOR HIS SON, and drugged his son to make him obey). It's hard to make you own opinion on the topic when 'everyobdy knows'... just obey...obey. But I fell in love with his music and personality.
I'm so sorry people are too stupid to listen to artists like MJ, or M. L. King, M. Ghandi, and so on. This world is just sick. Love is what we need, but not what we want.
And coming back to children, I work with them. And I know how parents don't care. Maybe they have no time, maybe they just don't care. And like MJ said, sometimes we need a little, a little love and care to heal our lives.

I wish you all the best

Isabelle

"I love having kids!" I can't think of something ...

2010-07-24T02:20:21.431-05:00

"I love having kids!"

I can't think of something sweeter to write. Your sentence says it all.

I know you're not around as much these days, but I...

2010-07-22T03:46:34.889-05:00

I know you're not around as much these days, but I have a photo dedicated to you on my latest blog entry. Hope you're well.

http://kobico.blogspot.com/2010/07/on-lighter-note.html

Hoo boy! You were hangin' with the "beach is that...

2010-07-20T21:55:51.057-05:00

Hoo boy! You were hangin' with the "beach is that way" crowd, for sure.

Wait. Does that "for sure" bit date me? In a really bad way?

Ok. Slinking off now with my walker.

Hi there, Just discovered your blog and will be b...

2010-07-19T19:33:16.450-05:00

Hi there,

Just discovered your blog and will be back. Very much enjoyed reading (and looking at the pictures!) of cousins hanging out with cousins!

M.

Wow, it looks like they really had fun.

2010-07-18T23:58:35.365-05:00

Wow, it looks like they really had fun.

Woo hoo, big fun! Do you and your sister still pla...

2010-07-18T21:05:43.487-05:00

Woo hoo, big fun! Do you and your sister still play with your cousins?

Looks like fun...cousins are a wonderful thing. I...

2010-07-18T07:16:38.004-05:00

Looks like fun...cousins are a wonderful thing. I hope my kids grow up to still play with their cousins, too!

write to exhusband@Iamafraidtobewithawomanwhospeak...

2010-07-15T04:59:44.436-05:00

write to exhusband@IamafraidtobewithawomanwhospeaksmylanguagebecauseshemightactuallygetwhoIreallyam.com and tell him you'd be REALLY HAPPY to unpack his stuff for him. Then show up with the 35 year old stud!

I say, go anyway.

2010-07-13T14:47:24.560-05:00

I say, go anyway.

It's been Real! It's been fun! It's been Really fu...

2010-07-13T13:09:15.650-05:00

It's been Real!
It's been fun!
It's been Really fun!

Just go anyway. And bring your 35-year-old boyfrie...

2010-07-13T03:45:06.340-05:00

Just go anyway. And bring your 35-year-old boyfriend!