The Ring Fiasco

by cynthia // February 22, 2012 // No Comments

About 8 months ago the stone in my engagement ring became loose. I took it to the jeweler, they tightened it and told me the prongs would have to eventually be replaced. Now keep in mind I had just gotten... Continue reading →

Alabama Disaster Relief – Let’s Make a Difference

by cynthia // January 24, 2012 // 2 Comments

I rolled over and looked at my cell phone, it said 2:30 a.m. on Monday morning.. The weatherman had said it would get bad in Birmingham around 3:00 a.m., he wasn’t far off. I switched over to my ABC 33/40... Continue reading →

Weight Loss

by cynthia // January 20, 2012 // 2 Comments

A year ago next month I wrote a post on this blog called Hiding. It talked about how I was hiding behind all of my busyness and not dealing with feelings, etc…In working to deal with all of that I... Continue reading →

Reading Challenge of 2012

by cynthia // January 16, 2012 // 2 Comments

Last year I read 48 books which, was surprising even to me, considering I was in graduate school until June. The volume of reading I had to do for my program made casual reading next to impossible. This year I... Continue reading →

Falling In Love, Again

by cynthia // January 4, 2012 // No Comments

My husband and I left on our yearly sojourn to the mountains in Gatlinburg, TN this past week after what has seemed like the most stressful two years of our life together. We have faced multiple instances of unemployment, that... Continue reading →

Difficult Christmas

by cynthia // December 19, 2011 // No Comments

One year ago today I wrote a post about Christmas without my mom, this is the second year without my mom, and the first year without my son and my grandchild. For those of you new to my blog, my... Continue reading →

Directing Focus

by cynthia // December 16, 2011 // No Comments

During the last two years this blog has had a mixed focus of family stuff and my domestic violence work. With the new year rapidly approaching I wanted to narrow the focus of this blog to more daily ramblings and... Continue reading →

My Wedding Day 7/17/2010

by cynthia // January 23, 2011 // 2 Comments

Since this past week was my six month wedding anniversary I thought I would write a post about our wedding day. As mentioned before @inthemiddle and I married on July 17, 2010 at Grace Christian Church. The day was perfect,... Continue reading →

A Mother Missed

by cynthia // December 19, 2010 // No Comments

A couple of weeks ago my aunt called and invited me to our annual family Christmas party at her house. You see, over the last several years, my mom had hosted the annual family Christmas party at her house, until... Continue reading →

A Selfish Act

by cynthia // November 24, 2010 // 2 Comments

Eleven years ago today my brother committed suicide, he was 32 years old. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, suicide was the 11th leading cause of death in the United States, and it was the 8th leading cause... Continue reading →