Zarek brought me this photo tonight as I lay across my bed exhausted. My day: started with making kids to do lists giving them loves heading to work to only sit there dwelling on all the things at home that need doing worked headed home to deal with state phone calls get home to ask …
I created this video for an art project last term. At first this project was easy but then the weight of everything came back onto my shoulders. I had many people mention how much happier I looked in my photos. I started looking through old photos and realized how much you could see in the …
This week was soooo full. It is amazing I survived. I started writing this post to share about my self care day. But as I wrote I realized this week was it’s own post in itself and need to be written before I shared. This is a great example of all the withdraws I have …
Every day there is a new change that comes to light in our new world of single mom life. Moments that I realized I always thought would be there that are now lost, changed. Not big changes – those were all sudden and hard – but small changes that suddenly hit me here and there. …
The Pepper Scraps blog has always been about the different phases of my life. I share these my life in hopes that someone will read my story and know they are not alone in their struggles, their journey. We all share more than you will ever know. What Have You Read on PepperScraps? We have …
I have these moments – they are a normal part of processing a separation or divorce – where something that is usually insignificant to others will bring back flashes, bring questions to those who are relearning who they are. One of these moments came to me recently and made me question my belief “I don’t …
