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"Jessica" wrote in message
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Jess is noticing that she and her daughters are much happier now.

In summary, Jess is doing better than she ever has before and anticipates
a brighter future than she ever thought she had before.

Jess is admired for her efforts with her daughters and for picking herself
up and moving on with alacrity ; )

--
sharon, momma to savannah and willow (11/11/94)

Jess! You Gutsy Chick!...
Still love and admire reading your posts.
I wish you all the best with everything you encounter.

bimbette


"Jessica" wrote in message
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On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 07:49:27 +0000, Sophie wrote:

Jess - she had Julianne, was very young?

Jess is 21 now and will be 22 in two weeks.

Jess is now a single mother after some things she really doesn't really
like to discuss and is taking a year off from university to finish her
divorce and sit around and wonder whatever possessed her to marry at 18,
despite the fact that like all 18 year olds She Was Different And She Knew
Better. She's on leave of absence from her WIC job and is strongly
considering not going back and instead going back to emergency medicine.

[And, for the nosy parkers, it's not a divorce without cause or one where
she's considered at fault by the courts, and she has and will retain sole
custody for the rest of the girls' minority.]

Jess was most of the way done her degree in international relations but
doesn't feel comfortable entering the foreign service as a single mother
so is planning on starting most of the way over and going for public
administration.

Jess is tired.

Julianne is 2 1/2 now and entering the Truly Terrible Twos, the kind that
make you wonder about making a necklace of Xanax and licking it regularly.
Alicia is 6, in first grade in a small class in a neighborhood school
less than a block away, and is kicking some major tail.

Jess will give you all (yes, *all*) LiveJournal codes if you want so you
can read her rantings and ravings on a regular basis, but she does not
like posting about them on a regular basis anymore.

Jess is dating a very nice guy who's wonderful with her kids.

Jess is enjoying the opportunity afforded by her divorce to get the
furniture she never really liked out of her house anyway.

Jess is noticing that when you're a single mom, the housework is
simultaneously harder (the first time operating a lawnmower was fun) and
easier (no longer are you the mystical Laundry Fairy that picks up socks
from the floor).

Jess is noticing that she and her daughters are much happier now.

Jess needs chocolate.

Jess is totally unable to believe she has to do all this alone. One
house. One yard. One car, thankfully one that reliably starts. Two
kids. Laundry. Two birds, three cats, a currently empty fishtank doomed
to hold yet more amphibious life. Three meals a day to prepare. Two
hands.

Jess owes a lot to Kandee Wright for providing her and her kids with a
place of refuge at her own personal risk when it was that or a shelter
that she used to volunteer for.

Jess has a continual headache and a script for Tylenol 3.

Jess spends a lot of time at parks and playgrounds, looking at trees and
watching the girls grow. She bakes brownies from mix occasionally and
shares them randomly.

In summary, Jess is doing better than she ever has before and anticipates
a brighter future than she ever thought she had before.

--
Jessica with her partners in crime, Alicia & Julianne

http://jessical.livejournal.com/
"I never enjoyed motherhood until I became realistic
about it. Until I learned to say, 'I am tired and I
am going to bed. I'll get your brother off the
roof tomorrow.'" - Erma Bombeck

In summary, Jess is doing better than she ever has before and
anticipates a brighter future than she ever thought she had before.

Glad to hear it. Best wishes to you and the girls. :-)

-- Alpha
alphawave at earthlink dot net

Jessica wrote in message ...
In summary, Jess is doing better than she ever has before and anticipates
a brighter future than she ever thought she had before.

--
Jessica with her partners in crime, Alicia & Julianne

Hi Jess,

I'm so glad you chimed in. I think of you often. I'm really sorry to hear
about you and Jason, but it sounds as if it's for the better from what you
write. Good for you for raising Alicia and Julianne on your own, how
incredibly hard that must be. I'm moving up your way in the next couple of
months, by the way. I'll be quite a bit further north than you, though, in
the white mountains range.

Email when you get a chance,

laurie
mommy to Jessica, 29 months
and Christopher, 4 months

*This email address is now valid*

http://jessical.livejournal.com/
"I never enjoyed motherhood until I became realistic
about it. Until I learned to say, 'I am tired and I
am going to bed. I'll get your brother off the
roof tomorrow.'" - Erma Bombeck

"Jessica" wrote
In summary, Jess is doing better than she ever has before and anticipates
a brighter future than she ever thought she had before.

Jess,
That post brought tears to my eyes. You are truly an amazing mom and I
hope you realize this. Your determination to pick back up and make the best
of a not-so-good situation is absolutely outstanding. You have done so much
for your daughters and someday they will come to realize this. They are very
lucky to have an incredible mom like you. I hope that you are able to do
things for yourself occasionally....somehow, someway. You really deserve it.
If I were closer, I'd offer to take your girls so you could have a day to
yourself.
Anyways, I'm so glad to read that you are happier than ever because
that's all that really matters in the end.
BTW, I'd love your livejournal code if you don't mind sharing it!
(karaeh at hotmail dot com)

-Kara

Marie wrote:
I do agree, housework does seem easier when
you're single, somehow.
Marie

You know...I used to dread my DH leaving town, but somehow things go
smoother when he's not here. My Kitchen stays clean, and the kids are
more managable...What is that???

Karen R
Labor Doula
mom to Dean(11/24/96) and Christopher (2/12/00) the children who start
throwing tantrums at 3, when distractions doesn't work anymore!!!!

It was great to see an update from you, Jess. I'm sorry you've had such a
rough time lately, but glad to hear that you and the girls are coming through
it so well.

Take care!

--
Amy~
Tre' (6/92)
Keelyn (6/95)
Peyton (10/00)
Halli (8/15/03)

Jessica wrote:

In summary, Jess is doing better than she ever has before and anticipates
a brighter future than she ever thought she had before.

I'm glad to hear that. I hope the fine details start
working out more like the summary, too.

Phoebe

"Karen doula" wrote in message
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Marie wrote:
I do agree, housework does seem easier when
you're single, somehow.
Marie

You know...I used to dread my DH leaving town, but somehow things go
smoother when he's not here. My Kitchen stays clean, and the kids are
more managable...What is that???

Karen R


And you all wondered why I liked deployments - lol.

Great to hear from you Jess. Hang in there

--
Sophie -
TTC #4

"AGreen1209" wrote in message
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Amanda (I think her screen name was A Green). I think she had an Elijah
then a girl (or maybe another boy - I remember threads about more E
names)?

I'm still here - just lurking and seeing who's expecting :-) I have an
Elijah
and a Leah, and I'm either going to be working part time or not at all in
about
12 months if all goes as planned. At that point, we are going to decide
for
sure about whether or not we are going to ttc #3.


Amanda



I have no idea why I thought you were thinking of more E names. Tell me you
were so I won't think I'm going nuts - lol.

Wow, #3, good luck deciding.

--
Sophie -
TTC #4