I have gone from being a divorcee, raising my 3 daughters (who were at the time 10, 8 & 3) alone, working full-time at a job i loved, surrounded by my closest friends, having my own place with a beautiful ocean view, my own car, my own everything…to having to give all that up, move back in with mommy dearest, sharing a 3 bedroom apt, unemployed & unable to find employment (who knew the economy was about to take a turn for the worst in decades) to FINALLY landing a job, meeting someone (online, outta all places) since the divorce & engaging in a long distance relationship & falling in love :-), watching my first child walk the line to her high school graduation & then flying off to start her new life in adulthood, moving…yet again, but to live with my pops (who i hadn’t seen since i was 15yrs old, I’m 41), meeting my half brothers & sisters for the first time & having my girls meet their grandfather for the first time, sharing a 4 bed/2 bath home with 8 other people, rekindling my relationship with my sister & meeting my nephew, FINALLY meeting my love in person & continuing our long distance relationship, being there for him when he lost his beloved mother, then watching my 2nd child walk the line to her high school graduation, FINALLY taking the HUGE step & moving in with my babez & starting our life together, to seeing my 2nd child off to college, celebrated our first pregnancy together-but then sadly i miscarried…(no doubt, probably one of the few hardest things I have ever gone through in my life)… It’s definitely been one heck of a ride! WHEW!! Well there you have it, the last 9 1/2 -10 yrs. of my life summarized in a brief paragraph.

So MANY changes in our lives, so MANY hurdles, but despite all that we have gone through, our time has also been filled with lots of joyous times, filled with happiness & laughter. Who said life was going to be easy. It’s what you make of it, that makes the difference & i’m in it for the long haul ^_^.