This is the seventh and (and final!) post in a series on how I came to discover my husband's sex addiction five years ago. Photo credit: gebauer on Flickr The days and weeks that followed my husband's initial admission of infidelity blend together almost inseparably now. There are incidents that stand out in sharp relief, [...]
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Thanks for Being Here in February
Now whatever T.S. Eliot may have to say on the subject, if you ask me, February is the cruelest month. With winter dragging on and spring still all too far off, with the days still too short and dark and with that horrid beast, Valentine's Day, sitting smack at the center, February gets to me [...]
Thanks for Being Here in January
As you can see, I'm a little late with my thanks this month. After fighting various winter illnesses, I wanted to actually have a chance to do some writing before dealing with administrative duties. But I do want to take this time to thank those of you who stopped by to visit and took the [...]
Riding the Vomit Comet
My son got off the bus yesterday, walked into the house and covered his mouth with his hands. I thought maybe a wiggly tooth had come out, but when pressed to tell Mama what was wrong, the response was the dreaded, "I think I'm going to throw up." Twelve hours, several loads of laundry and [...]
Thanks for Being Here in December
Last month, inspired by Danielle at The BiPolar Diaries, I decided to try instituting a tradition of thanking my readers each month. So, thank you all once again for taking the time to read. I want to extend a hearty welcome to all of the new readers who have joined me this month, and a [...]
Thank You for Being Here
One of my favorite bloggers, Danielle at The BiPolar Diaries, has this wonderful habit of periodically posting to thank her readers and commenters. And since we celebrated Thanksgiving (at least here in the US) in November, I thought now would be a good time to use her idea to institute what I hope will be [...]
A Brief Vacation with Imaginary Friends
This weekend, I traveled several thousand miles to attend a party thrown by my friend Ellie. Ellie and I have known each other for about seven years now, and she is one of the dearest friends I have in my whole life. We've spent many late nights on the phone together and exchanged countless e-mails. [...]
A Halloween Miracle
Now I know, Halloween isn't usually a holiday one associates with miracles. But maybe it's the holiday on which miracles happen for heathens like me, or maybe it's just that miracles can happen at any time on any day, without any special occasions at all. I suppose sometimes miracles just happen. A miracle happened at [...]
Mama’s Feeling Better
I have a visitor in town today who doesn't know about the secret blog, so I'm sneaking in the briefest time to write today. But after spending yesterday in bed, and consuming an unhealthy amount of Ben & Jerry's and Häagen Dazs, and getting lots of loving comments, and above all talking to The Junky's [...]
Help for My Son in the Human Habitrail
Last night we took the kids out to one of those kid friendly indoor play spots, the kind that have play structures that look like giant Habitrails. My son was both very eager and extremely terrified to play in it. He wanted to climb up, crawl through the maze of tubes hanging above our heads [...]
