As a young girl waiting to have the world thrown towards her. She always knew she was meant to be someone who left her mark. This was her dream but this wasn't her reality. Her reality was one of anger, resentment, belittling & killing the little girl with the big dreams that she thought she would live. Because of the family she had, she made choices that were a reflection of this atmosphere. Never really good enough. Never built up. Never made to think she was allowed to be

I wasn't sure where I wanted to start this series. There are so many random chance meetings or people that I have known over the years that I want to give a Thank You to. So after some thinking, I went with the most obvious place to start. The Beginning. My Birth Mother. I do not have a relationship with her at this moment. She has struggled through life with some serious issues & of course we have little to no commonality. I do have one thing from her though....Life & for th

I have taken to the 'BLAH, BLAH, BLAH' in my head when my sons or husband start talking about something that I have no interest in. Like Computers or Stocks or Cars. You know when anyone, not just a guy starts talking to you & it is like I just don't really care or I just don't want to know? For an example! Driving in our car & I asked my spouse about the Ford Edge he found online the other day. My question was about the cost! I got the whole answer of what is in the car, ho

Yes my name is Karen. Yes I lie to people on occasion about my name. Yes I apologize to some people about being a person named Karen. When did this shit about the name ‘Karen’ come about? I mean I don't even understand why Karen can be a name with such a negative meaning behind it. The name above all names that somehow means that means really I am a self righteous bitch. Let's be real here too friends. If I am a Karen & I indeed act like a ‘Karen’, that scares me too. It mean

Here it is folks....new look & new vibe. Let me know what you think?? I took the advice from the blogger I reached out to last fall. She told me to clean it up as it was too busy! Less is more she said! I am excited to see what she has for input now! I wanted this to be a great journey for all of you & hopefully it is a little better now!! You will start to see little changes to Instagram too! Got to make me a smidge more visible & make this about an adventure that we can all