Sorry for the bursts of journaling but that is my mood today and it makes me feel better.
I had my hyphenated last name officially changed back to my original last name. No more hyphens for me. I will only use my hyphented name when it applies to my kids. I want to have a unified fron for thei behalf and for their teachers, etc... Everything else is just my single last name.
I am slowly putting "me" back together, literally and figuratively. It is feeling a little better to get back to me.
