Novel Mom

Memories can be so vivid and nothing brings the memories back to me like music. I feel like those certain songs can bring me right back to a time, a place, a feeling, pain, joy, love. The other morning, I dropped my daughter off at her friends house and headed home. That I was alone meant I was in charge of the music! She usually plays the DJ for us in the car and I love those times together. But this day, I was on my own and Guns N' Roses song Patience came on. This is such a good song. But it also brings me back to a time and a place and a good feeling. My sister, Rose, who is 10 years younger than I am, used to like to mimic the videos my sister and I would watch on MTV, in the very early days when MTV was actually Music and Videos. Those were some good times. So, my sister Rose, with her crazy curls and affinity for not wearing pants when at home, would rush to the living room when she heard Patience come on. She would grab something to use as a microphone stand an...

In case you don't know this about me, I am a believer. I am a Christian.  I have no doubts about God and eternity and I have seen and felt him at work in my life at many times, There have been many times when it was impossible to ignore what was happening and I have shared some of those stories and will continue to share them.  God has been there during the worst times in my life. In addition, I am a devoted mother.  Please notice, I didn't say the best mother or a perfect mother, because there's just no such thing and if there were, I certainly wouldn't qualify.  But I am dedicated.  I put my daughter first in my life and have always done so.  She went through a major medical crisis starting in December, and really even before that.  That crisis meant a loss of her independence.  She wasn't able to do the things a "normal' teenager could do for awhile.  Just a note, I hate the word "normal" but wanted to get my point across.  As ...