Fall is here

Summer came and went. Michigan has a short summer season, that’s why we try to cram a lot of activites into 3 months. The rest of the time is spent stocking up on supplies for the 6 months of winter.  Thinking my animals are too, they are eating non-stop and I see squirrels just a digging and burying their treasures already.  The early morning quacking of geese and ducks heading south. Signs of a hard winter?

But we have a love affair with fall here also. The colors that explode during 2 months are just spectacular here. We love cool Friday nights high school football, early trips to the farmer markets on Saturday for pumpkins,squash and all things cider. And the trips north to see a abundance of fall colors.

I am thinking this will be a short fall season, and old man winter will be knocking on our doors before we know it. So enjoy it while it lasts. I know I will.

Reflecting

This weekend, my Daughter and I spend a day together, having a movie/brownie marathon. We each cuddled up under a Blanket and watched all Harry Potter movies and ate the brownies I baked.

So Sunday as she was off with her boyfriend shopping, I reflected for a little bit on me and her, on our trials and tribulations that we went through not too long ago.

See, me and her didn’t get along so well a couple of years ago. We were fighting non-stop. She hated me every single day and no matter what I did, or how supportive I was, it was never good enough for her. And it did not help that I had a Ex-husband that just fed on that and didn’t make things any easier.

There was even a time were I thought I should just give up trying and let her live with her Dad, then that would surely save me my time, energy, nerves and sanity. But I didn’t, I kept fighting and doing what every Mother does, I just kept loving her and stood my ground, until she realized that Mom wasn’t so bad after all and that her Dad..well that is another story in itself.

She has changed a lot, especially the last few months or since I had my Surgery. She did a lot of growing up. Next month she will be 16, and I am so happy that I stuck it out and kept loving her, no matter how tough it got, so I get the pleasure of having this remarkable, funny, smart young Lady in my Life.

So for any Parent out there, that right now is going through a rough time with their kids, hang in there, keep loving them and show them. Eventually it will stick and they will realize that. It may be a  tough fight but in the long run it is worth it.

Happy chinese New Year !

It is the year of the Ox. A steadfast animal. I’m buds with the Ox. Yea that is what the chinese horoscope tells me. See I’m a Rooster, the earthly Rooster. So me and the Ox are compadres. I figured, since me and him have to spend a lot of time together in a stable we need to be friends.

So this is supposed to be a good year for me. That is what I am reading for this new chinese year. Financially I am supposed to be doing well, not inherit a fortune but doing well. My health is also to stay good. And in Love, well I need to be cautious, not play games.

I think this sounds pretty good too me. And to commemorate the Celebration I purchased a new Lucky Bamboo. Maybe that will expedite the good fortune a bit more. Enjoy the year of the Ox.

Got to do it again.

Alright, I know you all are just so excited to read about me bragging about my kids. But I have too. The last couple of weeks have just been so great with them, I have to brag. No other way around it.

Number one, both have turned into a Mother hen and Father rooster when it came to taking care of me. They went way out of their way of doing things for me and making sure I was alright then I would have expected them too.

Number two, there was no fighting. The time we spent together was very enjoyable. Yes, there was a little biggering here and there, but none of that constant mud slinging back and forth, that usually makes me leave the house and not come back for an hour. They got along so well and were fun to be around with.

Number three, they love me and I love them. I could not ask for better kids then the two I have. And today I realized that I love the Boyfriend and Girlfriend too. Breakfast today was fun and I realized that they compliment each other. My daughter is the more aggressive one, her boyfriend the more subtle one. My Son the cautious one, his Girlfriend the more taking a chance one.

Just how did I get so lucky? I don’t know. But tonight when I dropped my Son back off at his Dorm, I realized I would not want to change anything, and no matter what bull crap I went through in years past, even when you say I wish I knew back then what I know now so you don’t make the mistake, it was all worth it. My kids are proof.