My Story So Far…

I am a human being sharing the universal experience of figuring it all out.

I am a woman, which is a term I believe is reserved for adults. I have recently
found out I am an adult. This reality check came when I was in a shop and the
young assistant said, 'do you need some help mam?' I looked around and there was
no one else there so I believe it was true he was talking to me and suddenly I
was a mam which from my recollection of youth is a term of respect for an adult.
That's how I found out. Yep, I'm an adult woman.

I am a writer that stopped writing many years ago. I am a poet that struggles
putting together a single stanza. I have decided to change that and become a 
writer that writes - it helps to actively write in order to identifying myself 
as a writer.

I am single mother to a twenty one year old man and a fourteen year old girl.  
They are shining lights in my life. I have a page dedicated to them which I will
share our current struggles and perhaps some of the funny moments over the years.
I don't think there will be much in the way of advice, healthy snack recipes,
entertainment ideas. I'm not that kind of mother. However, I do their laundry,
I never stop cooking for them, apparently they clean but as far as I can tell I'm
the only one that does. We're friends and we love each other and I think I reserve
fights for that worth fighting for. Unfortunately that leaves me with a lot of silent
cooking and cleaning. To be honest I am still figuring out how it works and I am not 
the kind of show boating mother that pretends I have it all figured out. All I have really learned is not to judge
anyone else's children while raising your own.

In my life I have not learned much but I have learned a bit and here is what I have learned (it's not much but I am happy to share):

• These failures do not define me.
• The giving and receiving in a relationship must be equal.
• If someone wants to walk out of your life: LET THEM GO.