Padua, March 24th 2016 Dear mrs Odient, We received your letter to the Bureau of Lost Causes. We read your request for some 'Me Time'. We had a real good laugh. Thanks for that. Yours insincerely, Saint Anthony of Padua, head of Bureau of Lost Causes
It's what you'd call a provocative title: I'm glad my mom died! I'm glad my mom died is the title of former child star Jennette McCurdy's book. Who is this Jennette? Jennette became famous for her role as Sam in the popular Nickelodeon series iCarly. My children used to enjoy watching this series. It was...
I never wear sunglasses. I don't even own a pair. Because when I'm using my contacts I don't want to have wear glasses. That would defeat the purpose of the contacts. And when I'm wearing my glasses I don't want to wear sunglasses on top of them. I could invest in a pair of prescription...
Kids... They're a lot like a box of chocolates. Like Forrest Gump said: 'You never know what you're gonna get.' Even though I would like to be That Mom who always gets it right. I usually get it quite wrong... Bowling or McDonalds In our family we have instituted the tradition that the birthday boy...
Ever since the sudden death of my daughter Lucy (25), I find myself in this Land of Grief. And it's like walking a tightrope
I have trust issues. To be frank: I don't trust myself. Which is why I don't buy any snacks like Mars bars, Twix bars and chips. There are two of me The thing is: that's the me in the morning. That's the one doing the grocery shopping. The me in the evening is a whole...
My neighbour gave me a beautiful bouquet for Easter. She made it herself. Selfmade bouquet after a week I didn't think it could any prettier, but then it did. The twigs she picked from her garden have started to blossom! I really love this selfmade bouquet because of its simplicity. That's what makes it so...
I got a big bag of second hand clothes. One of the garments puzzled me! Riddle me this: what kind of clothing is this? What ís this?! It's a..... dress! Kind of. Aha! It's a kind of dress/jumpsuit! Make sure you don't miss any posts on Momfever! Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner
Grief is not a simple process. For a while there, the 4 stages of Kübler-Ross provided a kind of road map. But even though they're better than nothing, it's become clear that the process of grief is not a linear process. Grief is not a linear process It's not like you can go: 'Okay, I've...
My eldest daughter lives in England, where Mother's Day is celebrated in March. The perk of having a daughter who lives abroad, is that you get to have Mother's Day twice a year! Look what I got for Mother's day 2023 This year she got me this great card. A 5 star rating and a...
