It’s not just the kids who are crazy Crazy by Ashford - December 17, 20170 I like to think that most of the crazy things that happen in my life are because of my children. That way it's their fault and not anything to do with me. They are the ones who create the chaos right? Wrong. As it turns out it's not just the kids who are crazy... So we are heading over to my best friend’s house last night for a little Christmas shindig and my husband is driving. Let’s just say patience is one of his “development areas” (as my old boss used to put it). We were not late, not expected to be there at a certain time, and not in a hurry. Nevertheless at the stoplight waiting to turn left he decided
PTSD and Me Crazy by Ashford - December 8, 20172 By July I had started to shed some of the extra 35 pounds I had put on over the past two years. By September I was weaning my kids off the frozen corn dogs and pizzas they had been subsisting on for longer than I care to admit. I had started cooking real actual food again. By October I had quit my job of over 10 years to embark on a new journey with a new company. And now it’s December and I am beginning to remember what it’s like to actually live again. Not just to survive. I am learning the difference between acceptance and contentment and I am enjoying the latter for the first time in a long time. When