Uncategorized 30 Jan 2014 Choosing the Perfect College (old school) I decided, sight unseen, to go to Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The reason being, it was closest enough in profile and far enough in miles to The… betsyvoreacos 2 Comments
Uncategorized 29 Jan 2014 Choosing a College: Part Two (and Three) I boycott the mall at all costs. The only way I’ll go is if every possible online site has been depleted of the object of my affections. The mall is… betsyvoreacos 2 Comments
Uncategorized 27 Jan 2014 The Fine Art of Choosing a College: Part One We’ve been doing this college thing for a long time. We started when Molly, the oldest, decided that she was going to go to Duke University. The most probable reason… betsyvoreacos 3 Comments
Uncategorized 27 Jan 2014 The Ugandans are Gone! “No, Mom, sit down. I will cook the dinner.”“Today, I wash the dishes.”“How can we help you?”Music to a mother’s ears, those words. But alas, they were but fleeting phrases,… betsyvoreacos 2 Comments
Uncategorized 25 Jan 2014 The Ugandans are Coming ! The Ugandans are Coming ! I lost a lot of sleep fretting about the Ugandans.After a month of pandemonium, my oldest two children had finally returned to their respective college homes and the youngest had… betsyvoreacos No Comments
Uncategorized 24 Jan 2014 Gotcha! I am old and I am tired. Which means, if I’m not out whooping it up on a weekend night, I’m perfectly content with taking to my bed with a… betsyvoreacos 1 Comment
Uncategorized 23 Jan 2014 Throwback Thursday: Voices Inside My Head When I became a mother, I started hearing voices inside my head. Don’t worry, they were harmless. They were basically just words reverberating within my brain; echoes of other mothers… betsyvoreacos No Comments
Uncategorized 16 Jan 2014 Throwback Thursday: Building the Nest Mother of the Year 1995On Mother’s Day of 1995 I was awarded with the prestigious Mother of the Year award. I had forgotten all about it until I came across… betsyvoreacos 2 Comments
Uncategorized 14 Jan 2014 i love you I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU… betsyvoreacos 2 Comments
Uncategorized 10 Jan 2014 Counting the Days My 21 year-old daughter was home from college for 21 days. I know, because I counted before she came. Like so many situations in my undiagnosed but surely diagnosable OCD-ruled… betsyvoreacos 2 Comments