Mama's Starting Over

Today's topic is to "define freedom."  Today I am defining it buy skipping it and posting a cute picture of LG and her buddies.  Several people have asked me for a new picture of her so there she is.  It isn't the best photo but it is so "her."  Damn I love that girl.

This one was so easy for me!  This has been my favorite eom as long as I can remember.  LG even loves it because we read it over and over. Shel Silverstein's book Where The Sidewalk Ends is the first book of poetry I ever read.  I remember reading it when I was spending sometime at the pastor's house when I was in 3rd grade.  It wasn't like that!  He was married (Episcopal preist's can marry) and my mom was going through a tough time, I loved it.  Nearly 30 years later it is still my favorite.... SICK 'I cannot go to school today, ' Said little Peggy Ann McKay. 'I have the measles and the mumps, A gash, a rash and purple bumps. My mouth is wet, my throat is dry, I'm going blind in my right eye. My tonsils are as big as rocks, I've counted sixteen chicken pox And there's one more-that's seventeen, And don't you think my face looks green? My leg i...

This month, I'm going to TRY and participate in National Blog Posting Month . I really want to be writing but I am tired of writing about what is going on.  This year NaBlPoMo is posting PROMPTS! With all the crazy in my life right now, a daily prompt is something that might just help me get writing again.  Here goes..... When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up? I don't remember what I wanted to be when I was little.  I am sure that at some point I wanted to be a teacher or a dancer.  I don't honestly remember thinking about it until it was time for college. I really wanted to do something with Sports Medicine.  Notice that I didn't go into that field?  Yeah, I hate math more than anything and it turns out that medicine requires a lot of math.  Damn! I truly think deep down I always wanted to be a teacher.  The problem was that teachers didn't make money and I wanted to make lots of money.  I wanted to be like...