Retha's Diary

Dear diary After the week I had, I need a drink, my husband and a whole lotta food A lot of times, people don't get the whole "stay at home mom" thing. I'm not sure what they think it is, but it's definitely not what I'm living 😂. I hear and see people's opinions, in which they are very much entitled to, and one thing I can say for sure is they judge based on what I give them and what they choose to understand. It's actually fun to witness. Some think it's fun, others think it's torture and then there's me, thinking it's simply my life. These are things I think about during my strolls...yes darling, I deliberately take walks. That's how nice my life is. I'm kidding, I just don't have a car 😂 Ever since the move, I spend a lot of time with Panda. Like a lot. No like A LOT. TOO MUCH TIME IF YOU ASK ME. Sometimes it's fun and other days I wish my husband was here already so I could take a nap for a little, lousy year...

  Dear diary, I am tired but we move!! This has been a very trying week. Moving to a new place with Panda is a little rougher than I thought. Trust me, it is great being in a new home and being an adult. It is the adjusting and moving forward that kinda gets hard, but thank God for the brothers I have. It isn’t all so bad. Every night, the man I live with and I sit and talk. We talk for hours, sometimes until both our eyes get heavy. Honestly, he gives me what I never knew I needed…companionship. The life of a stay at home mom gets a little lonely at times. It is worse now that I have to be a mom 24/7 so having someone around to share details of the day with is a blessing. Anyway, the man is my brother so the companionship feels safe and advice from him hits harder than a ton of bricks. He doesn't know this but is one of my favourite part of the day!! 17 February 2022 Faith was restored today. Being a full time stay at home mom is time consuming, energy draining and menta...

Dear diary, today is my birthday! Happy 25th birthday to me. A Quarter of a century. Man, God has been good. I am so proud of 24 year old me. For paving the way and being who I needed, my dear 24 year old self, I am eternally grateful for you. I am really excited about the 25th year I’m in. I have no idea why, but it just feels big. I honestly didn’t picture my 25th birthday being like this. I woke up and realised I am living with a man, a dog and my daughter. At the age of 25, I am noticing that the toilet seat is up, dog poop smells REALLY DIFFERENT from human poop and I have a child that throws tantrums and addresses me in a tone I DO NOT APPRECIATE! Like “excuse me, young lady! I too, have issues of my own”. But there is something about waking up to being the centre of attention. After years of waking up and having it be about my sister and I, for the first time I had a birthday morning of my own. The first in my 25 years of living. I missed my sister though.To make things better, ...