The final installment of Becoming a Mother, my story of infertility and the prelude to becoming a mother to my husband’s three boys.
Becoming a Mother–Part 3
The third installment of becoming a mother, my infertility journey.
My Infertility Story
Your comments about My Story yesterday caught me completely off guard and overwhelmed me. Thank you so much for sharing your stories. I won’t lie – it’s a bit of an emotional struggle writing about all of this, even though it was more than 30 years ago. Or maybe it’s just the full moon tomorrow, […]
A Little Story
A little story about my bout with infertility and my journey to becoming a mother.
Stenciled Boys’ Painting – and a GiveAway!!!
I am now officially a stencil convert, thanks to Cutting Edge Stencils. The harlequin diamond background on this canvas wallhanging took me all of 10 minutes to paint because I used this stencil from Cutting Edge Stencils. Ten minutes! I used to spend a day, or two, painting harlequin diamonds. And that was just the […]
African – American Santas
For years I’ve been collecting African-American Santa Clauses. Or, at least I’ve tried. They are a little few and far between in the suburbs in Northern California. Nevertheless, it has been important to me ever since my stepsons moved in 20 years ago. Last year, I wrote a post about our 1st family Christmas and […]
Pottery Barn KnockOff – Birds & Branches
Hello! I finished this PB knockoff painting yesterday. Finally. This started out as a “simple” project. Or that’s what I thought. Can someone please tell me why things that should be easy turn out complicated and things that are complex wind up pretty simple? Or is it just me? Pottery Barn Ok, so I made […]
Pottery Barn KnockOff – Work In Progress
Hello! How are ya? I’m finally back to painting after a week of fighting the flu, but I still feel like I’m walking thru sludge. Everything is a huge effort. Which may be the reason why I didn’t finish this painting today. Or not. I haven’t decided because up until an hour ago I really […]