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I'm no longer directionally challenged--I have a clear vision to celebrate #MOREin2014 via GANEPossible.com. Preempting my novel in progress, Bluebirds, I'm very close to releasing my first GANE Possible publication (prescriptive "Dr. Mom" nonfiction), Beating the Statistics: A Mother's Quest to Reclaim Fertility, Halt Autism & Help Her Child Grow From Behavior Failure to Behavior Success. I'm also working on completing my memoir, My Grandfather's Table: Learning to Forgive Myself First.

It took a lifetime to get here. This blog documents my quest to self-fulfillment through my writing, and ultimately to shifting my focus to Beating the Statistics & My Grandfather's Table and speaking about them. They are the wellness and the memoir parts of my journey that had to be told, so that Bluebirds can one day be the meaningful, but fictional *story* it aspires to be.

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I Used To Be A Blogger, Then I Had To Go Back To Being A Mom

4/20/2012

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A quick look at my site stats tells me that I have drifted off into Blogosphere oblivion because, quite frankly, life has gotten in the way of my blogging.  But here’s the thing; blogging felt pretty damn amazing. 

Being a mom most days means living in a fairly constant state of oblivion.  As long as my son has a lunch to take to school, his favorite clothes are clean, food is on the table and there’s a ready ride to where he needs to be, I can go for days, weeks, years even it seems, pretty much unnoticed.  We schlep and we haul and we pack and we motivate and we advise.  We kiss the boo-boos, bake the cakes, vacuum the cobwebs no one else notices, all while fulfilling our “wifely” duties and trying to look our best.  My husband swears the other day he told me I looked nice when he got home, but he must have said it mumbling and walking away, as he does most things, because I sure never heard it.  I swear there are entire conversations that exist exclusively in that big head of his, especially if they are remotely appreciative, because I rarely ever hear words like that produced out loud.  To my face.  Voluntarily.  And God-forbid I should point out the fact that I got my hair done that day, because then I get the defensive, “I said you looked nice today!”  *grumble, mumble*

During March, however, when I was obsessively blogging and feeling a downright responsibility to do so, little of the above actually got done.  And I LOVED it!  I was using my mind, remembering words I hadn’t played with in ages, feeling appreciated by all of my readers (thanks Anna and Mr. B).  I had things to talk to my husband about that didn’t involve something needing to be fixed or purchased.  It was the least lonely I’ve felt since moving to California, even though most of the time I was very much alone.  I think because of so much time spent in front of a computer, I was more willing to seek out contact with actual, blood-pumping humans.  All of which would be amazing, if only I could figure out a way to seek out contact ($$--ahem) with an actual vacuum-wielding cleaning lady.  HEPA filtered.  Who does windows.  And laundry.  And uses green products. 

Not that blogging is all harp-holding cherubs all the time; there will always be those who disagree with me, judge me and laugh at me for all the wrong reasons.  And forgetting to pick up my son more than once in awhile is likely to get me the wrong kind of notice at school.  And apparently I needed yet another reminder today to COMPOSE IN WORD, because it REALLY blows when you lose internet connection mid-post.  Curse you, again, AT&T!!  April’s NaBloPoMo Poetry on BlogHer was a heroic fail.  Apparently an on-demand or disciplined poet, I am not.  Though I did love the idea—the romance—of it, I have come to understand that writers tend not by nature to be particularly disciplined people.  Huh.  So maybe that’s why I’m that way.  And when you don’t look in a mirror all day, or have anyone sitting in a cubicle next to you to tell you that you’re still wearing your jammies, have spinach in your teeth, or that your skin is flaking off your face, you might usually leave the house looking like a bit of a wreck, or hurriedly pull on shorts only to discover that you haven’t actually taken the time to shave in a week.  And, oh shit, you don’t have any clean pants to wear anyway. 

Wow.  Dry shaving sucks.
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My Posse

3/8/2012

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I've been very fortunate in my life to be enfolded by a large support group of women; the equivalent of a constant hug.  I have been blessed with two wonderful daughters, my mother, grandmothers, mother-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, aunts, bosses, employees, roommates, neighbors and exceptional girlfriends.  We’ve leaned on one another in times of struggle, and we’ve celebrated one another’s victories.

Of course there have been other women in my life; women who have been less support system, more saboteur or even assassin.  And in fact today’s blog is inspired by a friend’s Facebook status that was lamenting mean girls in her daughter’s first grade class.  This is about the good, not the ugly, but I regularly see snippets from anti-reality shows like any of the Real Housewives, Jersey Shore or practically anything else on MTV, The Bachelor (a guilty pleasure of mine, as much as I hate myself for not just watching, but downright anticipating such drivel—let’s call it research), and wonder what we’re teaching young girls today about how real women function in the real world.  Reality TV is the farthest thing from reality in most cases, and it certainly doesn’t represent my experience of how the majority of grown up women relate to one another in the real world.

My Posse has taught me to cheer women on, to vote for women, to hold them up and help them succeed.  We forgive the occasional misspoken word, give the benefit of doubt in most cases, and accept apologies when offered.  We hope for only the best in life for our women, and we’re there to help them survive, overcome and learn from the all too common snag. 

I always knew how lucky I was to have so many wonderful women in my life, but moving to California has given me the opportunity to value them even more, and to miss them desperately.  It’s also given me the opportunity to meet some amazing women, and begin to build a posse that spans the U.S., literally coast to coast.  And NaBloPoMo on BogHer is a wonderful reason to provide a whole lot of love to a multitude of really thoughtful, talented women writers.  I’m proud to count myself as one of them.
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    Kim is a freelance writer, living and working on Michigan’s sunset coast with her husband, youngest son, a standard poodle and a gecko. She’s been every-mom, raising two generations of kids over twenty-seven years. Kim writes on a variety of topics including parenting  through midlife crisis, infertility, health and wellness, personal empowerment, politics, and about anything else that interests her, including flash fiction and her novel in progress, Bluebirds.  Oh, and this happened!

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