When I became a mom I realized how special Christmas can be. A child’s eyes can light up on their birthday but the magic Christmas has on kids is special. My boys are getting older I am terrified the magic will run out before I’ve had enough time to soak it all in. I’ve […]
Author: Jes
Bobby Vee – Remembered
As fate would have it, I’ve always been in the right place at the right time. The “right time” for this post happened to be in the late nineties and I was bar tending at night and going to school during the day. I was born a music lover. Little did I know there was […]
Smoking
My little guy wants to smoke. He fake smokes straws, string sticks, sticks, chopsticks, anything that resembles a cigarette. He walks around puffing all of the time. * * * Much like my little guy, I was probably 4 when I knew I would be a smoker. I wore […]
Beautiful Women
When I first started dating my now husband, he told me of this crush he had. She is his friends little sister, she’s nice and pretty. Eventually I would meet her and realize that he under exaggerated her by a LOT. She met up with us after running late to a wedding we were attending. She is […]
Boys
There is a description of the word boy that goes something like: noise with dirt on it. When you have two boys that noise and dirt multiply. If they aren’t running around screaming, skateboarding inside, dressing in costume fighting the bad guys, creating life size hot wheel tracks, building forts out of every blanket we […]
Girls weekend or bust
There has been a major influx of chick flicks on our TV as of late. Around the fifth one this week I started to wonder why there was a sudden rise in this genre. Then it hit me… I went to a girl’s weekend. This particular girls weekend caused a heartache that can ONLY be […]
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Slowing down
It seems most people value success on how busy they are. The PTA leader is also the soccer coach, the swim team chauffeur, the blue ribbon bake sale winner, the mother of the year, running for city council and has an impeccable kept house, not to mention well-mannered children. When did over committing become the […]
Vibrate Higher
The nicest woman lives across the street from the bar I work at. She has one of those old names that her kids probably thanked God they didn’t get but their kids will probably bring it back. Old names get trendy like that. You don’t want to get stuck with it, but you’ll probably end up […]
and…I’m Back!
About a month ago, I realized I can’t do it all. I can’t juggle being a full time mom, wife, keeping the house clean, having two part-time jobs, try to be an ambassador for a few companies, post on social media and keep up on my blog. Things suffered, things were done at a half […]