Where does it all come from?!
I do laundry three to four times a week. When are they going to invent the washer and dryer that do it all??
My 12-year-old daughter has been asking to get her cartilage pierced for well over a year now.
Having done it myself about five years ago, my initial reaction was, why not? After thinking about it a little more, I decided it may be best to wait. Mostly because I remembered the three months of discomfort that followed!
Her father is totally against it (I won’t go into the main reason he gave her for saying no, so as not to offend anyone else), but I have come to the conclusion that if she still wants it that much, I would like to let her get it done.
First of all, it’s not a permanent mark. If she changes her mind, she stops wearing an earring and that’s the end of it.
Secondly, it doesn’t appear to be a whim on her part. As I said, she’s been talking about it for quite some time, so it’s not as though she’s asking just because a friend did it.
Thirdly, my daughter is very responsible and quite mature for her age, and I believe that she will take care of herself as she should (especially after waiting all that time!).
I am pretty sure that I will surprise her for her 13th birthday (in March) and take her to have her cartilage pierced. Hopefully we can convince her father by then, but, if not, he’ll just have to get used to it!
Merry Christmas to all! I hope that you are surrounded by loved ones and enjoy every moment of it!
Still no forward movement on my divorce.
My soon-to-be-ex recently offered me $600 as a divorce settlement. Yeah, I laughed too!
Now my lawyer wants another $1,000 to continue working on the case. I don’t have $1,000 to give her, and all I can see that the first $1,000 got me was her filing the divorce petition–pretty expensive!
The waiting continues…
We’ve all seen the phrase, “Friends are family we choose for ourselves.” And how true that is for me! Especially over the last four years or so, my friends have been more like family than the one I was born into.
When I first separated from my husband, it was my friends who were there to offer encouragement and support when my ‘real family’ all but turned their backs on me.
To this day, my friends still feel more like family than my blood relatives do.
In the past year and a half, I’ve been blessed with the addition of a whole new branch to my self-made family tree. My boyfriend’s family and extended family have become a very important part of my life. In a very short time, I felt welcomed, accepted and cared about, and I certainly felt the same about them!
There are times I mourn not having the relationship I’d like with my parents, brother and sister. It should be different, but it’s not, and I don’t believe there’s anything I can do to significantly change that. What I focus on is the wonderful people who surround me now. And I try to remind myself–often–of how very lucky I am to have my chosen family!