my 3 sons

As I mentioned in my previous post, I am the mother of 3 pretty great sons, Dreau is in the AirForce, Kevin will be in a branch of his own in 2 years, and little Keith, well, I'm locking him in the closet! I found out by reading Dreau's Face book page that he put in for a transfer to Turkey! wow, wondering how I will be able to drive there? not sure how I, supermom, will pull that off yet... And, yes I am super mom, I raised Batman and Robin and Joker. Robin (Kevin) has always been the sidekick, and he feels pretty lost without his wingman...but he is finding his own place in the world fairly nicely. The Joker (Keith) well, he is my oh look! a lizard! kiddo, and we never know what will come out of his mouth... took  him to the ER the other day cause he was saying some disturbing things, and when he was asked by the nurse if he enjoyed playing outside, his response quickly was "nah, it rains too much, and my mascara would get messed up"! Now, I have no problem with cross dressers or drag queens, but my 11 yr old has never worn mascara! and he said this with such deadpan humor, Saturday night live came to mind...maybe one day I will see his name up in lights!

feeling at a loss for words

I have been wanting to start blogging, I wasn't sure what I would blog about, my status as a single mother of 3 boys, being a military mom, being a mother to a child with adhd...I guess it would be a good idea to just blog about all of it. Today is different though, today we were very saddened to hear the news that a 7 year old child in our community was killed. Our community is fairly small, we don't know everyone, but we do know alot of people, and for the most part are very friendly with each other. This child was a special needs child, and for whatever reason, his mom's boyfriend decided that his life wasn't worth living...The manner of this child's death is too horrific for words, but the idea that he could not fight back, or scream for help, or run away...tears at my peace and at my false sense of security. As a single mother I struggle daily with so many things, bills, running kids here or there, feeling very lonely, but my children are not all grown up yet. I was scared to be alone, thought I needed a man in my life to feel complete. I don't know when it happened, but one day I realized that I didn't need a man to feel complete because I already had 3 of them... I know that not all mothers feel this way, and its a personal choice, nobody can tell someone else how to live their lives. I will pray for this mother, because I can't imagine surviving what she has gone through today. I hope that one day she will find peace...