I figured out that parenting is how I chose to fill my time between high school graduation and retirement. People have different hobbies, mine just happens to be giving birth.
My name is Marye Audet and I have blogged for b5media for almost three years now. You may know me from Baking Delights or Kettle and Cup because that is usually where I am. However, I have been given the opportunity to write for the parenting channel, I think someone thinks I have a little experience in this area… I am not quite 50, newly single after a 30 year marriage, and the very proud mom to eight of the most incredible kids on the planet…perhaps in the entire universe. But wait! That’s not all! I also have a fantabulous son in law who I like to keep around for comic relief and three of the most adorable grandkids ever. I think that my life is a reality show in the making but so far we have not been discovered.
I homeschool, and have homeschooled since 1989. We live in a large and rambling historic home in need of restoration, have been raising dairy goats but I think that part of my life is about to be history, and we have chickens. I like to grow my own food when I can, and pretend to be independent.
So, what am I going to blog about? Do you really have to ask? I have experienced everything from new baby diaper spontaneous explosion to adult children moving back home. Parenting-R-Us. So the first thing on the agenda is to introduce you to the cast of characters:
Cast:
- Erin- 27, married, creative (husband Jon, kids Amanda, Gabe, and Bella), her life reminds me that there is hope for the rest of them…
- Chris – 24, Air Force, Middle East, very missed
- Matthew – 17, 3rd semester of college, serious and focused
- Ethan – 16, about to start college, plays 6 instruments or so and has a band
- Shiloh – 13, wants to be a medical examiner, she is tres drole
- Sean – 11, every family needs a quiet genius, Sean is ours. Pocket protectors anyone?
- Nick – 9, artistic, free spirit… hair to the middle of his back. Samson is his Bible hero.
- Kyrie – 6, Princess, diva,call it what you will this little girl has a unique blend of moxie-chutzpah (non-conformist but gutsy audacity).
- Me – I am trying to navigate mid-life with as much humor and optimism as my medications will allow…(o.k.. not really. I am only on one medication but it was too good of a line to not use.)
Add a mentally challenged dog (he had major brain damage when we found him, no lie), two cats (Chipotle and Snowball; Snowball is black and brown tortise-shell calico. Kyrie named her) and a fairly odd bunch of friends and you really do have the makings for some pretty unique blog posts.
You aren’t going to want to miss a minute..I promise.
image: Marye Audet
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