Notsalmon

It’s one thing to be a single mother by choice. It arrives with a positive narrative to tell your child. It’s an “I wanted you so much” story – which safeguards a child’s ego. It’s a whole other everything to have single motherhood thrust upon you – because the father has unconscionably chosen to abandon [...]

You never know who you’ll meet on Twitter – and where it will lead you! A few months ago I was tweeting it up when I met this delightful happy spirit– Monal Nabulsi – who turned out to be a 7th grade school counselor at Chapel Hill Middle School – a school with an awesome mission: [...]

I’ve always noticed the word “cure” in pedicure. And I take the presence of this “cure” suffix very seriously. For me, a pedicure is a helpful cure for the flu, heartbreak, the doldrums, sleep-deprivation, writer’s block – and then some! I always feel peppier after painting my tootsies some lively color – and getting a [...]

I’m writing to you from my bedroom – in a feverish state. But alas, I don’t mean this in a frisky way. I’m sick in bed with an actual fever. I’m making the best of the situation. I have on my favorite flannel pajamas (the ones with black and pink panda’s), am watching TV (HGTV [...]

You’re never too old to find and keep happily ever after love! I found my Howard later in life – in my 40′s! And I helped my mom find her new boyfriend after my dad passed – when she was in her 70′s! I wrote her profile for a dating site - and helped her to [...]