I'm a single mom with two autistic bipolar kids.  Their dad died 8 years ago, leaving me to raise them alone as best as I can.  They've made me see life in ways I could never imagine before them, every day with them is a huge challenge as well as a huge adventure.  I'm also a volunteer firefighter and EMT, and a breast cancer survivor.  I love life, it's awesome no matter what challenges each day bring.  I've learned not to sweat the small stuff.  Normal is just a setting on the dryer.  This to shall pass.  No matter how bad today seems, it will end and tomorrow is another chance to do better.  You need sunshine and rain to grow.  Happiness is a choice.  A field of dandelions is beautiful, sunshine in flower form, who gets to decide what's a weed anyway?  God won't give us more than we can handle, even if his idea of what that is may differ greatly from mine....  It's okay to have "I don't want to be a mommy" days, because my kids have "I don't want you to be my mommy" days.

Hmm my style is basically that life is too short to wear uncomfortable clothes, the housework will still be there tomorrow--in fact, I don't know why they call it housework anyway because the house has never once offfered to do it.  Spending the entire day in my pajamas feels great, and as long as I'm comfy and happy, it doesn't matter what other people think when I wear them to go shopping.  Pink is the color of hope, so I wear it often and always keep it somewhere in my environment.

The last thing I purchased for a friend was a puzzle depicting fairies and a book of flower fairies for my best friend's birthday.  I suppose I could have gotten her something more useful, but this will make her happy and that's more important. 

I have several favorite quotes, but right now I'm liking "I try to take one day at a time but lately several have ganged up on me at once".  I love to listen to music, especially songs that relate to my life like Tim McGraw's "Live Like You Were Dying", JoDee Massena's "Bring On the Rain", Martina McBride's "Anyway" and LeeAnn Womack's "I Hope You Dance".

People tell me I'm slightly insane but hey I run into burning buildings as stress relief, gotta be a little crazy to do that.  I've rapelled off buildings, gone headfirst down ladders, jumped out windows with just a rope and jumped into class 3 rapids without one.  And did I mention I'm a single mom with two kids who have autism and rapid cycling bipolar disorder who happen to both be in puberty???????