If you were born in the 80’s, raised in the 90’s, and made it to 2020, you have lived in 4 different decades, 2 different centuries, 2 different millennia, and you’re not even 40 yet. ? ???? — I became a Mom for the 3rd and was fired while on my maternity leave, which I […]
2019
We’re back! The Hord’s are back in Texas!
??? ?????: our inner dialogue that tells us that we should have done something different even though we can’t know if the decision was wrong ???????: moving 2,000 miles away from my daughters for 18 months thisismyhappyending:EVERYONE survived ???????? ??? ?? ????? ?? ???? On Monday, November 18th, I began to pack up the entire […]
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Surviving 2019

I haven’t updated my blog in months. 8 months to be exact. I wish I had a good reason why, but don’t. All I have are excuses. So much has happened, so much has changed in our life over the past 18 months. About a year ago, I shared that we’d relocated from Texas back […]
Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road, time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go….

38 – THIRTY EIGHT – In the blink of an eye, here I am “middle-aged”, almost 40. How the hell did that happen? It seems like just yesterday that I was in my 20’s thinking to myself, “When Haylie is 18, I will be 36, exactly double here age!” At the time, 36 seemed so […]