To whom it may concern

December 17, 2012January 5, 2015 ~ Tara R. ~ 5 Comments

Dear… I’ve thought about writing to you often since we parted, probably since we left it so… undone. Your last phone call caught me off guard. I didn’t expect to hear from you again, and I couldn’t bear to see you again. When you left, when you packed up and moved out of state, I … Continue reading To whom it may concern

Old friend

October 12, 2012January 6, 2015 ~ Tara R. ~ 9 Comments

Hello, my old friend How long's it been, fifteen years? I'll see you next year My baseline mammogram was done when I was 35. I just lost a close friend to breast cancer who was only a couple of years older than me. She found a lump during a self-exam and put off getting it … Continue reading Old friend

On our own

October 10, 2012January 5, 2015 ~ Tara R. ~ 7 Comments

I never felt like a burden. She would tell me I could do whatever I wanted, be anything I put my mind to. Her love for me was unconditional. Can’t say the same for the Grans. Even when I was very young, it was obvious they thought she made two mistakes. First getting pregnant and … Continue reading On our own

A slip of the tongue

August 23, 2012January 7, 2015 ~ Tara R. ~ 17 Comments

I took The Boy into town this week to buy a pair of skate shoes. The Hellboy cat has this annoying habit of sitting in people's shoes and peeing. His latest impromptu litter box belonged to his Boy. My presence was requested on this shopping trip because I'm easier than his dad to talk into … Continue reading A slip of the tongue

all they knew…

August 16, 2012January 6, 2015 ~ Tara R. ~ 6 Comments

All they knew, they learned from us. Our children are our responsibility. As parents, it's our job to teach them how to be caring, compassionate adults. We teach them through our words - through the words we use when we talk to them, to their other parent, to our friends and extended family - even … Continue reading all they knew…