My mom's Parkinson's symptoms are much worse now and she needs someone with her all the time. She makes the difficult decision to have round the clock care.

Optimistic Dreams | Royalty-free Music - Pixabay

moodmode - Pixabay

Meet my oldest friend. I have known her since elementary school. I had only two friends at the time, and she was one of them. She was with me at the carnival when I got sick, and she was my partner in crime the night we got caught with our boyfriends in the basement at 4:00 in the morning.

As I have mentioned in previous episodes, I'm a goody goody. I never do anything I'm not supposed to do - except for tonight.

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/summer-with-you

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My older son is now 13 years old and recently added those four-letter words to his everyday conversations and I really don't like it. Luckily, I have a really good therapist who helps me come up with a plan I can live with.

Drunk Blues | Royalty-free Music - Pixabay

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My mom and I share a lot of the same qualities, but one quality we do not share, is a keen sense of style. My mom had one, I don't. This story actually shares two memorable moments about this.

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

https://uppbeat.io/t/simon-folwar/above-the-earth

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My boys are finally old enough to actually be helpful around the house, but they never want to help. I get really annoyed with them and let them know my feelings about this.

Story Music: The Bottom by Josh Woodward.

Free download: https://www.joshwoodward.com/

The boys and I have been living with my new husband for several months. And although he is generally very calm, patient and evenly tempered, he gets annoyed when he finds the toilet paper upside down in the powder room.

Story music by: Grand_Project - Pixabay 

Funny Kids_Long | Royalty-free Music - Pixabay 

I'm getting married again. Today is our wedding day and everything goes perfectly.

Lucky Day - Sunny Happy | Royalty-free Music -

PixabaySonican - Pixabay

I meet a man while out for a walk one day and when I tell him that I am getting married and that my children and I are in the process of moving in with my fiancé, he has some very rude comments.

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https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/upbeat-heat

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Husband Number One comes home one evening after work and tells me that he wants to move to England.

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https://uppbeat.io/t/augustine/morning-delight

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