Tonight is Halloween.  Poor Michelle still get’s a little scared of some of the costumes but I have told her over and over that they are just kids in the neighborhood and there’s absolutely nothing to be afraid of.  Mommy would never let anyone hurt her or take her anywhere anyone could hurt her.  Then [...]

I went to a local retail store and I couldn’t believe my eyes.  They had about 5 times more Christmas stuff out than they did Halloween stuff and that even includes all the candy.  Why is it that it seems every year they put the Christmas stuff out earlier and earlier?  I guess they’re trying [...]

I took Michelle up in the mountains to see the leaves.  It’s the first time since she can remember that the colors were all there.  For the past two or three years, they just went from green to brown practically.  Not this year though.  They were yellow, orange, red and absolutely beautiful. We found someone [...]

That’s what Michelle says, ‘Goin punkin pickin’.  Doesn’t that sound just too cute?  I think it does but I guess there’s not much a child can say that their mother doesn’t think is just too cute unless it’s a bad word and even then, sometimes they’re even cute.  Well as long as they aren’t the [...]

As I told you earlier, Michelle’s father is in jail.  Up until today, he has been just sending her letters that I read to her and I do send him the pictures that she draws for him.  In the last letter he sent to her, he included a note to me asking if he could [...]