Wasn’t I Supposed to have Perfect Children? I know this is an unrealistic question, but I have asked myself this so many times. I had a tough adolescence and young adulthood. My life was very dark and confusing for many years due to my own choices. When I finally turned my life around I met Prince Charming. I had prayed for him and God delivered an amazing husband who loved God, and who loved me, despite my colorful past. Life was finally perfect. So naturally it was time to add some perfect children to the mix. Caroline was born 2…

Monkees, meet…. Jennifer M, who sent this essay after I suggested that that the only guest post rule is no writing about me. But as you will learn today, nobody is the boss of Jennifer. She handles her business, this lady. She’s a full time single mom and a full time career woman and when the going gets tough, she keeps laughing and praying. She’s honest and funny and kind and tough and I’m proud to know her. Jennifer M (This is actually Jennifer A, not M, but the resemblance is ridiculous.) I’ve never been one to follow rules, so…

Monkees…Ask and you shall receive. A guest post from Our Krystal…. Following Jake I know that many Monkees are parents. A lot of you have beautiful young children and a few of us have teenagers and young adults. Being a mom has been the best lesson I’ve ever had in “I can do hard things.” It’s not all episodes of Barney around here, folks, now is it? I want to share the story of just one of my five masterpieces. I could share the story of Kendall who is just plain perfect, but instead I want to share the one…