The deMented Mom

Why didn't anyone tell me how hard this would be? I think Dr. Laura might have mentioned it a few times...don't divorce, don't date if you have minor children, and for god's sake don't remarry until they hit the age of majority. OK, so I didn't do any of the above and sometimes, I really think Dr. Laura is up in the corner of my room pointing that finger at me saying "I told you so". What do you do when you have four children and two pairs are from different fathers? They're all from my loins so technically they are all the same right? But at times I have to admit that I feel overprotective of my children from my first marriage. After all, my children with my current husband have an intact family and both of their parents under the same roof. My other kids must cope with infrequent visits with their father who has relocated to a new province; who is recently engaged to be married; and who has a two year child with this new fiancee. I don'...

I thought this pic would be a great thing to present for my first attempt at blogging. I think it sums up my parenting skills beautifully. Which is really sad to say but nobody could accuse me of not having any insight. This is my life. No kidding. I found this sweet little note on my pillow the other day. It took me a moment to absorb the message and then another moment to decide whether I was pissed or not. Turns out that my sweet little six year old son left this delightful love note for me. To put this in context picture a three foot tall red-headed demon seed with a head so large that every time I look at him I hear that line from the movie So I Married An Axe Murderer. The kicker is that he left his sister's initials to implicate her and take the heat off of himself. After I realized that, I couldn't be mad. I had to hand it to the kid; very clever. I think he takes after me ;-)