Yesterday we went up to Niagara Falls, Canada.  Leo, Elyjah (his 9-year-old son), Jordan (my 7-year-old daughter), Hannah & John (my 5-year-old twins), and me.  We traveled separately and the 3 kids and I arrived about an hour ahead of the guys.  When Leo and his son arrived they metContinue Reading

Today my cousin Nino is getting married to this amazing and beautiful lady he met just about a year ago. She is hysterical and they are awesome together. I cannot wait to attend and photograph all of the moments that they will keep forever. Leo is taking the boys toContinue Reading

Lets weigh out the Leo BS: Pros: He is great with the kids He is fun We go out on dates The sex is fucking phenomenal I love his son I love his family His family is great to me and the kids I honestly believe he is a goodContinue Reading

LOL, well I have officially reached girlfriend status and it felt more like I was pulling his teeth. He is the first and only guy in my entire dating life that has NOT seemed to really want to be my boyfriend! WTF is that? Is he too good for meContinue Reading

In the Rochester, NY area we have an organization called SPCC (The society for the protection and care of children) which have a program referred to as Therapeutic Visitation. This type of visitation was court ordered for my kids in order for them to have any visits with their dad.Continue Reading

Today Leo said he loves me. Am I a complete asshole for #1 not believing him and #2 I love him? I want to just jump completely in with him but all I have heard since Val is that he has been really crushed in his past relationships and needsContinue Reading

So I came up with a new term today: Doing a Medusa! I was talking to a friend of mine and trying to explain to her what it is like in my head and the visualization of it reminded me of Medusa and how she has all of those snakesContinue Reading

After a ton of soul searching and thinking I made a firm choice to let Val go. I am unsure I can forget but I am working on forgiving. My thought process is this: I wanted to self destruct our relationship at least a dozen times before he hit theContinue Reading

In January I met a guy named Leon.  We started talking on Plenty of Fish.  Weird huh? We started seeing each other and although I thought we were exclusive he slept with an ex-girlfriend Valarie a few weeks after we started going out on dates and having sex.   IContinue Reading

Today I went in for an easy surgical procedure to remove several masses from under my scalp. It was nerve racking especially since I just found out in the middle of the night that Leo is a fucking cheating bastard. More on that tomorrow…Continue Reading

With my honesty check list done I need to say that does NOT define me! All of those things have definitely changed a lot about my life trajectory, my personality, my breaks that still need to be healed… BUT they do not define who I am today or who IContinue Reading

About me… I have been physically abused. Physical abuse in my life included: bats, golf clubs, belts, waffle irons, fists, kicks, and almost anything that could be used to hit someone with and inflict pain. I have been sexually abused. Sexual abuse in my life included: being raped by aContinue Reading

Last night I went on a first date with a guy named Leo! We met on POF and when we met last night in person WOWza he was so good looking. I insisted on a movie although he said it wasn’t a great first date thing… We had a greatContinue Reading

This year I am not starting with a resolution… I am starting with a promise to stay positive. Keeping myself in a positive mindset even if things feel enormous at any given moment! I am promising to allow myself to feel the negative emotions, work on processing them, and remindContinue Reading

When you are in your 40’s and a single mother of 5 kids that range from 5 up to 22 years of age dating is not an exciting prospect. You are virtually starting your life over and finally think you are ready for the dating scene… Backstory: I was marriedContinue Reading

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As a single mom of 5 kids I have spent most of my life being exactly that… Single and a Mom My youngest kids were born in 2013 a set of b/g twins and I am finally starting to learn and grow as a completely single mom of 5. UntilContinue Reading

From around 2001-2002 Sometimes I am hurting because I still can’t understand why exactly you did all of the things that you have done. I know at this point I will never look at you as the man that I thought I once knew. After all of the stuff andContinue Reading

Written around 1999-2001 Now, to start I would like to tell you all a little story that happened to me a long time ago! It all started one night while I was laying in bed with my husband after a long day of arguing. It all started when we gotContinue Reading