A different kind of birthday

It’s no secret that I L❤️VE birthdays – especially my own. I always celebrate them, not necessarily in grand style, but always with the people I love the most – my boys 😍. This year, though, things are a little different. Junior isn’t home (I miss him a bit today…), Mr is off on a…

An accolade? Is it, really?

I once read this celebration text, written by a man who loves his wife dearly. I know him as one of these really good men (you know, this group that all men think they belong to, but very few does). He is also one of these men who are litterateurs, who knows how to handle…

Happy Mother’s day – to me

It’s almost 13 years ago I became a mother. Kids have always been part of my “life plan”, but I never felt that strong conviction in my soul that I must become a mother – until the day I actually became one. From that day, they have been the most important beings in my life….

If life ended now…

… It would have been a perfect life. Today we decided to celebrate our boys. Just because. Because they are the ones they are. Many mornings we leave the house (and them) just right after they wake up. And not once they have been late to school (knock on wood). They make breakfast, they leave and…

Celebrate good times

The best thing about being self-employed is the fact you (or I) celebrate new assignments. I can’t remember anytime I celebrared the fact I had a job to go to. Maybe I should’ve. Never mind. I do it now.

Contemplation

 The fireplace is burning, the wind i blowing, the rain is poring and life could not be much better. I have returned home after a week-end of laughter, discussion and reflection. Which usually is the result after seeing my childhood (and that is prior 18) friends. In a cabin, on the Swedish west coast we…

Ladies and gentlemen drum roll, please

I have now done more than 1000 blog posts. This will be my 1002. That is great. Maybe not as great as running a half marathon but close to. I started in december 2007. Which means I have been doing this for more than 5 years, and been quite good of keeping it up do…