by newlifeamstump | May 10, 2018 | Children, Family, Life, Messy LIfe, Michigan, parenting, Story
I believe that it’s in the little moments of our lives that we discover who we are. Clarity often comes when the mind is so full that it has no choice but let it all go, lest it explode. That was me yesterday. I was feeling cooped up the house on a windy grey day and...
by newlifeamstump | Apr 19, 2018 | Children, Family, Life, Michigan, parenting, Story, Travel
They say that every picture tells a story, a 1000 words come to mind. I grew up so poor that we were the family that the local church raised money for. My Dad, no matter how hard things were wouldn’t get state help no matter what, and we didn’t have...
by newlifeamstump | Nov 15, 2017 | Children, Family, Life, Messy LIfe, Michigan, parenting, Story, Uncategorized
Today I left my name and phone number with a surly lady at a desk at one of the local old folk’s homes. I’m sure it’s not politically correct to call it that anymore but it’s what my grandma calls it so… It’s like the actual pot calling the kettle black. Why did I...
by newlifeamstump | Aug 2, 2017 | Family, Messy LIfe, parenting, Story
My parents split when I was about 6. They had my brother and me when they were young. My mom had both of us by the time she graduated high school, and married my dad when she was 17. My Dad dropped out in the 9th grade. They went their separate ways I think because...
by newlifeamstump | Jul 31, 2017 | Books, Children, Family, Life, Messy LIfe, parenting, Review, Story, Uncategorized, Work
If you’ve ever seen the show “Hoarders” you know that hoarding is the compulsive need to keep things even if those things may be broken, unneeded or excess. Hoarders have an insatiable need to attach feeling or sentimentality to objects that may seem...
by newlifeamstump | Jul 24, 2017 | Children, Family, parenting, Story
It’s 10 pm and my son still wont fall asleep and is asking for me to read him a story. I say “no, but why dont I TELL you a story”. This is how it went… Me: “Once upon a time there was a little boy named Conor…” Conor:...