Thanksgiving Family Survival Guide – 2016 Edition
Such a pretty picture. Now imagine that they all hate each other. An oldie but a goody! BTW, if you read these and know exactly what I’m...
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The Upside Down World ~ The Blog
- Jul 28, 2015
- 8 min
Good Luck With That “Normal” Thing
Perhaps you have heard that I have some children. Entirely more than a respectable woman ought to have, in fact. I have even heard tell...
- Jan 1, 2015
- 4 min
The New Year’s Resolution That Will Actually Make Your Life Better
The other day I read an article which advised that the key to keeping this year’s resolutions was to set up specific targets. Like “I...
- Jun 11, 2014
- 1 min
Things to Say to Someone Who Is Suffering
I’m so sorry you’re going through this. It makes me sad/angry to see what you’re going through. You deserve better. It won’t always be...
- Jun 1, 2013
- 10 min
The Gift of Delayed Grief
My early twenties weren’t exactly a stellar time. Within a short period of time I was raped twice. I found out I was pregnant shortly...
- Dec 29, 2011
- 5 min
A New Year’s Resolution for the Overwhelmed, Forgetful and Easily Distracted
quasi-ex-husband) would pull out a piece of paper and write “Trotter Family Resolutions” across the top. So we could “pull them out at...
- Nov 20, 2011
- 3 min
The best of the week . . .
According to infalible me! Ha! I’ve done more writing than reading this week, so this is a bit light, but here goes: How children’s ...
- Nov 4, 2011
- 1 min
Why I Won’t Keep a Gratitude Journal!
Here’s what I do: anytime I am feeling good as I go through my day, I take a few seconds to thing of things that I am grateful for. ...
- Nov 2, 2011
- 2 min
Lookin’ for Love
We need to feel loved so badly that its like a need to eat. And yet many of us are ignoring a steady stream of love that comes our way...
- Sep 13, 2011
- 1 min
An exciting new feature here at TUDW . . . TUSDW? TUSDWNWRLD?
And if you haven’t already, you need to buy a copy of my book. So I can upgrade the website and fix the little bitty letters thing! 😉...
- Aug 30, 2011
- 1 min
Things I always tell my kids
Dumb people never learn from their mistakes. Smart people learn from their mistakes. Wise people learn from the mistakes other people...
- Dec 5, 2010
- 1 min
Anyone know a difficult person?
I’m afraid I haven’t been blogging much because I’ve been SICK as a dog! Blegh. Hopefully I’ll recover soon and back to posting more...
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