For me, 2012 has been a journey of self-discovery. I began the year in a relationship that I hoped would eventually make its way to marriage and the land of "Happily Ever After". However, that hope fizzled out halfway through the year when I found myself single once again. Since then, I have been wavering between finding The One and accepting eternal singlehood. ...
Nov 11, 2012
Oct 15, 2012
The One Where The Bus Driver in Cleveland Punched A Female Passenger
By now you have probably heard the story about the bus driver in Cleveland, Ohio with a mean upper cut, but if you haven't you can watch video of the incident here and the victim's reaction to it here. Be warned, there are lots of bad words in the first video, and the uppercut delivery is pretty graphic too.
I first heard mention of this on Facebook but was hesitant...
Sep 22, 2012
On Becoming a Naturalista
Me at age 16
Yep, that's me. A fresh faced 16 year old almost ready to finish high school. For my American friends who don't know, students in England graduate high school at age 16, attend a kind of community college for 2 years and then go on to university if they choose to do...
Sep 20, 2012
The Institution of Marriage
I've probably mentioned somewhere else on this blog that my parents have been married for 43 years. Any way you slice it, that's a really long time. They have been through thick, thin, good times and bad, sickness and health, and my dad told me they meant it when they said they will be...
Sep 9, 2012
When Being Single Sucks
This week, I've had a world of trouble with my car, Betsy. It all started on Tuesday morning. After dropping my kids off at school, I took my usual back road route to avoid traffic on the major roads and hopefully make it to work on time. It had rained the night before so the roads were still a little wet. The road curved and as I turned my steering wheel, I felt it lock and...
Sep 4, 2012
Dating Detox, Upon Instruction of the Millionaire Matchmaker
Anyone that knows me knows I love to watch the Millionaire Matchmaker on Bravo. Patti Stanger and her dating rules keep me entertained from week to week. So a couple of years ago when I saw she had written a book, I decided to pick up a copy. Become Your Own...
Aug 27, 2012
And the Award Goes To. . .Me!!
I received the Liebster Award from fellow single mom 0and super talented blogger, The Sexy Single Mommy (thanks again!) I really appreciate you putting my blog out there for your readers to see!
When you receive the award, you post 11 random facts about yourself and answer 11 questions...
Aug 21, 2012
The Scariest 30 Minutes of My Life
A couple of weeks ago I experienced the scariest 30 minutes of my life. I say it was 30 minutes but it felt more like 2 years.
It all started when I went to K & J's school to eat lunch with them, as I usually do on the weeks they spend with their dad. One week is so long to go without seeing their smiling faces, so I usually surprise them one day and eat lunch with them. ...
Top 10 Empowering/Revenge Songs for Women...In No Particular Order
On my way home from work today, the TLC song "No Scrubs" came on my Jodeci Pandora station. While singing along, letting all other drivers within close proximity to my car know that I don't want no scrub cos a scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me, I started thinking about all of the great songs out there that empower women...or speak of revenge against the men who did them wrong. ...
Aug 14, 2012
Case Highlight: Ev & Ocho
By now, you have probably heard about the alleged domestic altercation that took place between NFL player Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson and reality star Evelyn Lozada on Saturday, August 11, but in case you haven't, you can catch up on the story here. The couple married in a lavish ceremony in...
Aug 8, 2012
I Had A Dream
Last night I had a dream. It was one of those dreams that left me fearful and anxious for a little while after I woke up. I dreamed of a woman who was being physically abused by her father. He would punch and kick her repeatedly for no apparent reason, tearing her down both physically and emotionally. The trauma of it all forced me to open my eyes and return to reality. ...
Aug 5, 2012
Sickness & The Single Mom
I pride myself on being a pretty independent woman. Like super-talented songstress and fellow single mom, Jill Scott said in her song "The Fact Is (I Need You)", "I can pay my own light bill baby...put my own gas in my own car...I can buy my own shoe collection...I've been blessed thus far..." ...
Jul 30, 2012
"Mommy, why don't you and Daddy like each other?"
I have never been very good at hiding my emotions. I've often had people tell me my facial expressions make it easy to figure out what's going through my mind at any given time. So just imagine how I am for the few minutes I have to be in the same vicinity as my children's father twice a month to drop off and pick up K and J. It's near torture to remain civil but I try my best, for...
Reasons Women Stay in Abusive Relationships...and Why They Shouldn't: #2
I Don't Want My Children To Grow Up Without Their Father
I'll be honest. This is the reason I stuck around for as long as I did. My parents have been married to each other for 43 years. They're amazing. They have always been there to provide whatever my sisters and I needed, whether it was great advice, a wake-up call or a kick up the backside! They have always been...
Jul 9, 2012
Reasons Women Stay in Abusive Relationships...and Why They Shouldn't: #1
It's so easy to look at a woman in an abusive relationship and think "why doesn't she just leave?". Which one of us females has not thought that if a man was crazy enough to raise his hand to hit me, I'd leave him before he had the chance to make contact? Well, it's easy to say...
Jul 6, 2012
The Moment When I NEED, Rather than Want, a Man in My Life...
Tonight I had an uninvited guest in my bathroom as I got ready for bed. I swear this thing is gonna haunt me in my dreams. Although it would have been great to have a man kill and dispose of it, I grabbed my handy dandy broom, pounded it from a distance and flushed it down the toilet.
I am Woman....
Jul 1, 2012
How Charlotte Got Her Groove Back
OK, don't let the title of this post fool you. Yes, I was in Jamaica a few weeks ago but I did not "get my groove back" Angela Bassett/Taye Diggs style. No, instead I am taking the advice of the Millionaire Matchmaker herself, Patti Stanger and spending some time in "Dating Detox". ...
Jun 26, 2012
Open Letter to my son, J
To my only son and number one guy in my life, J. I look at you, your smile, your big brown eyes and your perfect little nose and I am in awe that you are my child. I doubt you will ever fully understand the depth and power of my love for you and your sister. I am so grateful to you for your ability to always put a smile on my face even on the darkest of days. Just...
Jun 24, 2012
That Ever-Elusive Thing Called Love...
“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true,...
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