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Mom, I mean. She was right there in the video post I did on my home page titled Up All Night.

When I took that breath and sat up, that was the piece of mom that lives in me that says don't roll low too long. Adjust. Very cool. I usually don't get to see that. I do it all of the time as a matter of habit. Gotta love my mother!

Thank you for all of the meaningful posts yesterday. I received some great responses on Facebook as well. Still amazed that some people still blame the victims for their own abuse.

So I'll be off to Syracuse tomorrow. Hope to be able to post before I go. I'm leaving very early in the morning.

Peace.

is not a good idea.

I looked at my home page video today and thought "Good Grief!" I am going to leave it up though. Good thing Duchess (my mom) doesn't do computers she would fly in from Ohio to shoot me.

I posted on Facebook about domestic abuse. Tough issue but I am going to be doing a speech for a minister who really wants to speak to that issue in the church. He says he knows it happens among his membership and is refusing to turn a blind eye.

I know this is a tough subject especially for those who have lived through it. I read a lot about it. I have adjudicated thousands of abuse cases. I've been on the board of a domestic violence center and woman's shelter. My most cherished award is The 2002 Humanitarian Award from an abuse center for things I was trying on the bench to help.

But it's never enough. I want to talk about survival and and coping. Any nuggets of wisdom out there?

Peace. . . let's try to create some.

I was so jealous of Bill. I couldn't believe it.

COLLEGE!!!!!!!

The people. . . The opportunity. . . The freedom. . . The ease. . .

Youth is, indeed, wasted on the young.

You can tell them.
Mom told me.
But he doesn't get it yet.
Then again, neither did I.

C'est la vie!!!!!

Yea, I know it's Sunday, but I won't be able to blog tomorrow so I am pre-blogging today. Going college visiting with the entire clan.

I think I am more excited than anybody. I remember looking at colleges when I was getting ready to go and seeing it as such a huge 'wow I can do anything moment.'

I was 16 when I started my senior year in high school and had just started liking boys. (yea, I know I was a late bloomer) anyway, I remember when one of the colleges came to my school to talk to students and much to my Headmaster's (i.e., the principal, I went to a private school) dismay the only question I asked this guy was "So what's the male to female ratio?"

My son however bloomed much earlier. I remember when I was teaching college courses in Cleveland at this college that had just gone from being all girl to co-ed. I took my boys there with me one day because I had to do something. Boomy was about 10 and the oldest 13. There were 20 women there for every guy. The oldest asked me why and I explained. That's when he turned to his brother and said, "this is where I'm going to school"

Anyhow, this is a big mom, family moment for me and I intend on enjoying every moment of it. Not looking forward to the drive. You know me and travel. But I am going to buck up and take it like a grown woman. I'm telling you if I were really wealthy – I means with million and millions – I'd be just like Howard Hughes. I'd have a compound and a doctor on staff and no one except family would ever see me again. I am a straight up wanna-be agoraphobic.

Funny how life makes you do the right thing sometimes even when it feels all wrong to you. I would have such a restricted life if my profession did not require that exact opposite.

It's cold where we are going – gotta pull out the winter gear. Check you guys later.

Peace.

Last taping day this week then I going home. Nothing like a little away time. And to answer the question posed: what I do on Divorce Court is resolve a specific financial or property issue. That's all. If a couple has this one particular thing they want to get cleared up quickly they agree to come before me and the thing I talk about at the end is all I do.

Hope you are all well. Has anyone heard from Jan?

Check out the photo gallery for some new pictures posted from Birmingham. Check out Ravis and me!

Might not get to post Monday or Tuesday. Mad traveling. We'll see.

Take care.