She's 9 years old now.  Almost 10.  She will be an entire decade old in January.  She's sassy and sweet and oh so very smart.  She loves to dance and sing and play.  She is my everything.  My life.  She is changing so quickly it is unbelievable....

 So there we are the two of us driving in to town to grab a few things to make with dinner and Ireland who is now heavy enough and tall enough to sit in the front seat cranks up the Kids Bop and suddenly looks at me and says "mommy why am I different?" I have to say th...

It was May 9th, 2008 and I had been dating this incredible guy for only a few months.  He was in the military, posted in Petawawa Ontario, so we really only got to spend time together on weekends.  Every weekend he would drive almost four hours to see me, while I worke...