Adventures in building a family and living authentically. relationships take focus and energy; I find myself with less blogging motivation. But I still appreciate having a space to process and record the journey, so here I am again. I think there are other layers, source.

Friday, August 7, 2015. Back Home and Why? This will be a short post. Beanie did well with my parents, except that she got a cold last Sat which she passed on to me. I was a nervous wreck from last Sat to Wed when I had to leave - eating Vit C, Zi. cam, salt water gargles you name it! Whatever I could do to keep myself able to travel, which I did although it was not fun since I was under the weather and by the end of day yesterday after 8 hrs of talking my voice was totally gone! .

My life as a 40 mom blessed by adoption. I have two elderly furkids. Furboy is much closer to 13 than 12 and the Diva turned 12 earlier this summer. Thankfully they have both been very patient with me and Miss Fuss. She gets so excited when they come into the room. When one of them actually comes over to her, she is almost quivering with excitement. So I am a mid-40s single adoptive mom. Adding the adjectives in shows .

We are weaving the future on the loom of today. Saturday, August 8, 2015. Love and Marriage, Part II. Thursday, July 9, 2015. Love and Marriage, Part I. My boyfriend and I have had a tradition of w.