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First Vent

  I am stuck! Literally and figuratively. I am a woman, 55 years old, Catholic, more specifically a recovering, recovering Catholic (we’ll get into that in a later blog post). I am also the mother of five grown sons, and a wife, among many other titles that have come and gone. I started this blog because, frankly, being all these things is difficult, and I don’t want to do them anymore. I am now overweight, out of shape, broke, deep in debt, with no one to vent to. So I’m going to vent here, and I hope someone reads it. Where do I start……. Marriage I’ll start with marriage: It sucks much of the time! Not my husband, he’s ok, he’s not perfect, he’s more perfect than I am, but he’s not a problem. I love him! I think God sent him to me, why, I have no idea.  Kids I have 5 sons: I should have raised them in the Church, in a Christian way, to believe in God, all that, but I was away from the Church seeking spirituality, so I didn’t give them any. I was being the cool mom who told t...