Category Archives: Divorce

Do Not Say We Have Failed

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Mrs. Spit

I am “home”, which is Prince George. I am here for one of the nieces’ graduation. This means that at 8 am this morning, my ex husband picked me up. He came in the house, carried my bags. He asked … Continue reading →

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Content

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Mrs. Spit

I was having a beer with several of the neighbours, chatting idly about how life has changed since Owen left. I said that I was thinking about getting another dog. Thinking, mind you. Thinking enough to look at Mastiff Breeders, not … Continue reading →

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Orphan

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Mrs. Spit

Sometimes you can strike exactly the right note in a blog, so you type it out and hit post and it’s brilliant. Sometimes you can’t. So you turn it over in your head. And you want and need to write … Continue reading →

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It was the Fill Valve

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Mrs. Spit

My toilet is running. It’s been running for almost 2 months. I have considered buying a new toilet because I have installed a new toilet. I know how to do that. It is astonishingly easy. In my head, fixing my … Continue reading →

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Narrower Doorways

Posted on March 14, 2017 by Mrs. Spit

Ms. Fab came last week while I did my new MS drug infusions. I didn’t ask, she just volunteered. For a week she drove me back and forth, fed me, made me coffee. She told me, in thought, word and … Continue reading →

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Thresholds

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Mrs. Spit

Owen moved out on Saturday morning. The truck was full and he was driving away by 10 am. He was moved into his place by noon. I came home from helping out a bit at his place and I sat … Continue reading →

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Tempus Fugit

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Mrs. Spit

As I age, I realize that there are moments when you watch the end of time. Moments when one thing is passing on to the next when something is ending. The time of one thing ends and another begins. Actually, that’s … Continue reading →

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Keeping Myself Warm

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Mrs. Spit

A few weeks ago  I came home from a business trip. I’d had a really good day. I got to do something that I loved, I had fun doing it. I got to teach some people about how to make … Continue reading →

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Your Opinion

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Mrs. Spit

It’s human to judge. We do it all the time. We take an incomplete set of facts and we make up our mind. Being gloriously human, we then legitimize our judgments by calling them opinions, values or common sense. Don’t tell … Continue reading →

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