Here’s the story…

Life lived long  is a commentary about where I am right now. I am fighting with a feeling that life has already gone on for a long time, that it is dragging by and I am tired-I think they call it middle age?  That sounds much more pathetic than I would like for it to-but what good is a blog if you can’t be honest in writing it, don’t  you think? Well, maybe I will go back and edit/delete that part later.

I am in my late 30’s, have been married for 20 years (come July) and have three kids-one teenager, and two elementary age boys.  I work at home, and am a part time care giver for my Mother, who has stage IV cancer.

I am what many Moms are to their families: taxi, time manager, money manager, dog groomer, laundress, seamstress, gardener, housekeeper, decorator, entertainment organizer, chef, confidant, counselor and advocate-and that is just the list from the last 48 hrs. Through all of that, I would just cry crocodile tears of gratitude if-maybe just one time a week, someone asked me about my day (week)!

I imagine this as a place to chronicle what is happening on all of those fronts.  It would be great if I had some useful information to offer someone seeing a loved one through cancer, dealing with a teenager, dealing with young kids, and trying to keep a marriage alive. I don’t claim that I do, but I hope that I have something interesting to say….