With Grace

Chapter 1 Grace heard a loud knock on her front door. She could see the tall, broad shoulders of a man in a uniform standing with a wispy teenage girl on her front porch. She slid off the stool at her kitchen island and slowly made her way to the door. As she got closer …

Lightening My Way

I am an what I call an information dumper. When I meet people I seem to blurt out the negative things that have happened in my life all at once just to get it out of the way. Sometimes they squirm in their chair or look towards the door.  I think it is the fact …

Coming Around: Life As A Young Mum

I started my family life earlier than most of my friends. I was pregnant at 17, an unwed mother at 18 with a live in boyfriend, and a single mother at 19. Nothing like jumping right into adulting. I have always been a little ahead of the curve [she says with sarcasm font].

Raising Independent Kids: Be A Good Roommate

Asking all the parents out there - when you decided to have children did visualize them as adults and try to see who they would turn out to be? Really think back. For me personally having a child was a bit of a selfish choice. That's right, I was selfish when I decided to have …