My dad is 88. Lives in supported care facility. Lately he’s been texting me of his maladies…dizziness, can’t sleep, leg cramps, leg swelling, and for the last three days almost constant nosebleeds and diarrhea. He lives an hour away so I scheduled lab work for me today that’s 5 minutes from him. I was to take him to breakfast, maybe a little shopping. Nosebleed so no breakfast. I called when I got done and he didn’t want me to come by. Now, three hours later, he thinks he should go to ER. I get on the road and twenty minutes in he says not to come. He’s all better. Lord help me be a good daughter and remember he won’t be here forever.

I'm a divorced mother of almost adult children...there is not a man in sight around me that could remotely be considered a daddy candidate. Yet here I am, literally burning up from baby fever.

How come nobody told me about the heartache of aging parents?

My son says he's met a couple of guys at college that he's starting to be friends with. I would give anything for him to be happy but he's past the age where I can do it for him. Please let this work out!

My granddaughter lost two teeth! She's 5. I can't wait to see her gappy little smile! I love her so much.

Ex DIL called yesterday. Two granddaughters (21 and 17) told her they’d like to come to Florida to see us. ExDIL asked if she could fly them to Florida to stay with us next month as a grad gift. I’m SO excited!!

It hurts to see my son so lonely sometimes. He's almost 19 and his social life is not amazing. He's on the spectrum, shy, and has a stutter. He also has a great sense of humor and is a caring person. He's doing great at the local college so far but hasn't made friends yet. It's a commuter school without a lot of campus life. Today he found the gym! Played basketball, talked to a bunch of people, came home with a big smile! I'm hopeful. He has so much to offer. He's still in touch with a couple of friends from middle school but they don't see each other often, and the friends he made in HS turned out to be not so great. I just want to see him have a good time and live his life!

I love it when little kids' teeth start looking all gappy because their heads are starting to outgrow their baby teeth. I just find it freaking adorable. Then when their baby teeth start to fall out? OMG knock me down with the cuteness.

I'm on a new mission to make a full wardrobe for DGD's barbie dolls. I would say I'm an intermediate sewer (sewist?) I guess. Spent ten bucks on a sewing pattern packet with an entire wardrobe of outfits. I have so much 'cabbage' (scrap fabric not big enough for a garment) and I'm pretty stoked to use a good bit of it up making barbie clothes. DGD loves clothes and I think she's gonna LOVE having lots of outfits for her dolls to play with.

I love that my son is old enough to appreciate my cooking. I am making read beans and rice today. He came into the kitchen from the yard and said that it smells so good!