: About Me

I am a fairly young empty-nester. At 45 I am learning how to live without hordes of ravenous teenagers in my fridge and come home to a house that is AS CLEAN AS IT WAS WHEN I LEFT! I can buy myself a pair of earrings and they won't mysteriously disappear. I have a coin jar that does not mysteriously stay about one inch full( and that is Canadian pennies and a few buttons). Both of my children are gone and it is a happy/sad time.

Scrapbooking, jewelry making and photography are some of my hobbies besides writing. I study theology as a pastime and enjoy vintage books. I have aquired a fairly wide knowledge base on saving money and doing things in a less expensive way as I raised my children by myself. Who knew poor would be the new black.

If you are reading this I hope you have enjoyed something I have written and I look forward to contributing again after taking a long break.

Respectfully Submitted, l. koski

My passion is ...

creating art(mostly "creating") and spreading random acts of manners.

I know too much about ...

carbohydrates (evil units of the devil )

My parents always told me ...

work hard, be honest.

My childhood ambition ...

be a good wife and mother. (life is ironic)

My favorite memory ...

the last moments with all three of my children

Why I write ...

so I don't explode or perhaps implode...something plodey.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Einstien by walter isaakson..and Vanity Fair...and an old Calvin and Hobbes book(Classic)

My first job ...

baby sitting/1974/ .50 cents an hour/4 kids/wow

My best moment ...

it hasn't happened and it happens every day.

My inspiration ...

the love I have for my children

Relationships & Family > Dating Psychology How do I make my man love me

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I think the question should be how do you love yourself enough to see that he is one lucky bastard to be with you. You have seduced and you will be seduced...but love (the kind where you share a private moment across a crowded room with just a glance) and have seen each other sick and met each others mothers. That kind of love is being negated by "friends with benefits" and "hook-up buddies". These terms and the relationships that they represent undermine womens' self esteem and leave us with questions like the one listed above. Men can only value what we value. When we do not value oursel...

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