Super Mom, and then some!

It is coming up on my husband and my 7 year wedding anniversary, so I have been looking back to our life together over these years. It is hard to believe so much time has passed.  Our relationship started out just as friends, we were both going through separations from our spouses and it was nice to have someone to talk to that understood what I was going through.  People thought we had this secret affair going on, which is so far from the truth! I actually was not too fond of him when we first met, I thought he seemed cocky and sort of a ladies man, so there was no instant connection there, but given we were going through similar problems, we eventually sparked up a friendship.  It was rocky, to say the least, when we actually started dating.  I had a daughter from my previous marriage and he also had a daughter, who was not too please to have me interrupt their life.   At the time though it was just fun, we were just hanging out. He quickly becam...

This weekend we did a backyard camping event with my Junior troop, it was such a great time! It is so hard to believe that this troop was started by me just happening upon a flyer for a recruitment event they were doing 4 years ago. I went in not knowing what to expect, and since they did not have any troops available for my daughter to join, another Mom and I came together and started our own!  The first 2 years were rocky, we were trying to learn the ropes and organize, but we stuck it out and just seeing how well the girls work together as a team and the bond they have with one another just makes all that hard work in the beginning so worth it! The girls did not complain, not even once through the night, and we are talking about eight 9 year olds, camping in 60 degree weather in tents!  They made smores, hot dogs, we even made some popcorn over the fire, they told ghost stories and just had a really great time! It made me think, these are the moments they will remember th...