Crowns Galore

Ok, so we do not believe in the Easter Bunny, or the Tooth Fairy or Santa Claus and we teach our children that these tales do not exist. Since this is the Christmas season I will just talk about Dear ole' St. Nick. All of our boys know that Santa Claus is not real. We chose at the time they asked to just tell them truth and not hold up a charade, that was our choice. We explained to them the story about a man named Nicholas who was called a saint because he would leave candy and trinkets in the stockings left outside of the doors of the poor families with children. It gave the family's joy and hope when the children awoke to receive their gifts from dear ole St. Nick. As the years went on and time passed they, whoever they are, added to the story and turned him into some mystical being with a sleigh and reindeers who travels the world giving gifts by sliding down folk's chimneys. And some parents have adopted the story and allowed their children to believe it. Me, personall...

Today started out normal, alarm went off at 6am I snoozed it until 6:15. Hard to get up as usual, got the boys up and ready and we were out the door for school and work on time. Even made it to the school early! It wasn't until I got to work that things started to go down hill. Sitting quietly at my desk trying to stay as busy as possible. Thoughts just circling my head almost all at once. So many things going on, so many emotions hitting, smashing really, so much so I felt like I was about to explode. At this point hoping that no one says as much as a hello to me or asks me the status of a document because if so they would get an answer full of tears and hard sobs. I give myself a quick pep talk in the restroom, "You can do this, you got this, just make it to 2pm and you're good!" Ok, back to work….. Oh no!! A meeting!? A meeting that all I'm able to do is sit quietly and try to listen to the action items, try to catch up on what I've miss all to no avail. M...

Hello all, Crowns Galore here! Trying my hand at this blogging thing; I figure that venting a few thoughts and/or ideas could either help myself or someone else, who knows. My 2014 year has been a heck of a year! A lot of ups and downs, more downs then ups. A lot of new experiences, all very beneficial even if I didn't feel as so going through them. I've learned a lot about myself and also others. I've learned that I'm stronger than I ever could imagine which is usually how it goes, you don't know how strong you are until you've been tried in the fire. Well Honey, the fire was turned up seventy times seventy this year but through the turn up I made it through. I made it through homelessness, my family of five living with family, living in one room, husband being sick, losing job, unsuccessful business start ups, bankruptcy, decrease in work hours, living pay check to pay check, younger sister un-expectantly getting sick, same sister battling this si...