After years of the blow up kiddie pools turned mosquito resorts on our back deck, we decided this year to upgrade and buy one of those large above ground jobbers.  Not the ginormous, build a deck around and invite the school basketball team for a swim size but large enough that it came with a…

I wasn't one of these women who was born to be a mother.  It wasn't that I didn't like kids...I liked them.  I was just pretty consumed with establishing my career, broadening my horizons with travel, educating myself with classes.  In other words, I was selfish.  Kids were always a thought for MUCH later down…