About Me

I guess I should have done this post first, but I didn’t. I am a single mother of 5 kids–3 are considered “special needs.” I don’t like to label it, but modern medicine does.

I am in my 40’s, divorced twice, and have major depression disorder and anxiety. The anxiety has put me in the hospital twice thinking I was having a heart attack, but I just get told it’s anxiety, reduce my stress, exercise, blah, blah, blah… Still trying to figure out how to reduce my stress with 5 kids all with their own particular needs.

But it’s my life and I just keep on keeping on.

I have 3 daughters and 2 sons. A (17), M (14), and SA (12) are my beautiful little mini-me’s. They may not look like me; however, I see myself in them on the regular. Be it the sassy way they respond, sarcastic remarks, or their unconventional humor. SC (13) and L (almost 9) are my wonderful little men and look like me.

I am not a Pinterest mom, nor do I have any desire to be. It appears to be too much work and I find it hard to believe their house is always perfectly clean and decorated, and their kids are always so well-groomed, well-dressed, and well-behaved. I am more of a F-bomb dropping mom, lose my temper at times, admit when I’m wrong, hot-mess express type of Mom.

I have chosen to start this blog as a way of therapy for myself and to let people with mental health issues or those who have children that aren’t neurotypical that they are not alone. Mental Health is becoming a more open topic; however, there are still stigmas attached to a mental health diagnosis.

My intentions are to post weekly, so bear with me as I get into this habit and routine. I may post some soul-baring posts, some offensive posts, and some humorous posts. I also may curse (a lot), but I will try to be creative with it–so I apologize in advance for my crass and colorful language at times.

I love the movie Wizard of Oz and my L is obsessed with monkeys, so that’s why my blog is currently The Witch and her Monkeys. I hope you enjoy what you read, can empathize with it, laugh with it, or take away whatever you may need from it. Just know that you are not alone and that you and your kids matter. A lot.