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What the heck!?

March 2, 2018 By sandymichelet

Here’s listening to you, kid…..

I picked up new eyeglasses tonight.  While I was there, a woman came in with a 4 or 5 year old little tornado. The woman looked like she had suffered some type of eye trauma so she brought her mom in for moral support and to help watch the little girl. The child was adorable and walked from customer to customer as if she was waiting on them. "Do ...

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June 15, 2017 By sandymichelet

Foot in mouth….the moron’s definition of a family

In a casual conversation a few days ago, I was talking with someone about careers and laughing about how priorities change. Ten years ago we were climbing the corporate ladder and now we just want to go home and sit in the backyard. How things change! When we were wrapping up he said "I know you'd like to get home to your family....I mean, not your ...

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May 15, 2017 By sandymichelet

Mother’s Day: The Voldemort of holidays.

I know...I know.....Mother's Day is to be cherished. Yeah. Whatever. Mother's Day is single handedly the worst day of the year for me and every other person struggling to have a child. Every. Single. Year. I've said previously that church is VERY hard. It should be a place for peace…but the place is full of families with children and a constant ...

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Hello! I am Sandy from Louisiana. I am childless (it wasn't a choice). This blog explores coming to terms with childlessness, finding our inner strength (it’s still in there!) and how to live a life different from what we dreamed…The heartbreak never goes away. But there is joy. We will find it together. Let’s talk. Dig deeper →

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