Never work with Dogs and Babies
Being in the military, and moving constantly means you miss out on a lot. Sure, you have a lot of great adventures along the way, but you miss out on watching nieces and nephews grow up, grandparents become great-grandparents and building relationships with family that just isn’t the same when you live near by. During […]
The night her world stood still
“Oh my God, Debbie, it’s cancer!” I was standing in Borders at Ala Moana. You never forget where you are when you hear those words. The words no one ever wants to hear, especially when talking about a 3 year old! Over the summer, one of my best friend’s 3 year old daughter was diagnosed […]
College Road Trip
I cannot believe the past 17 years have flown by as quickly as they did. It seems like just yesterday this young woman decided she was ready to meet the world, even though she technically still had 9 weeks to wait! With her dad deployed, my mum flew to Hawaii to watch the younger two […]
Aloha, Hawaii…Hey ya’ll, Florida
After what seems like a life time, this family is retiring from the only life they have known, leaving their home on Oahu and heading to Florida to retire. I have known the Ladtkow family for a number of years now, after having taught their youngest son when he was in 3rd grade, and working […]
Men are what their mother’s made them…
And she loved a little boy very, very much, even more than she loved herself. And she calls him son… As moms, we make a lot of decisions. Daily decisions…from what to cook for dinner, to prioritizing our children’s activities. But making the decision to allow your eldest child to leave home a full […]
The reason I am who I am #sentimentallife
I know a lot of women who don’t have a good relationship with their own mothers. Of course they love them, but for whatever reason there is tension in their relationship. Maybe there is judgement. Abandonment. Lack of personal boundaries. No respect for decisions made as they entered into adulthood. An unspoken feeling of favoritism […]
