Debbie King-Parmelly- Ch 6

Debbie, ex of Ian Barillas (53) her husband Ronan (45)
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Narrated by Ronan

Debbie has had a great time helping her son August with his child care. It was hard to see August get divorced but we both knew it was the best for August and Elizabeth.

While Debbie loves playing grandma, I am now pursing my love of art.  I decided to take up some art classes in my spare time. Debbie was supposed to join me but now spends more time taking care of the grand kids.

Don't worry I help out too. I love it when the little squirts come over to hang out.  The time I spend with them has cured my want of kids though.  I thought of asking Deb to adopt since her getting pregnant is out of the question. Now I just feel so drained when we have the kids that I just lay down after they leave.

I don't know what will happen to Deb's kids because the older one's don't seem to know what they want. Now Julius is living with August but there is no sign of any motivation. Darcy is still in high school and is Deb's last chance at a college graduate.

Although they lack motivation they certainly don't lack their mother's love.  I know Deb loves them too much to see that sometimes her helping is really holding them back.  For now I just sit back and enjoy my life with my beautiful wife and our lovely cats.
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WTH?  I was going to take a picture of them and this is what I found.  LOL.

Dominica Dominguez- Ch 6

Dominca (28), Gilbert (31)
Narrated by Dominica
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Gilbert and I are working hard on our relationship.  His mom was butting in so much that I finally told Gilbert that I no we needed space from her.  He agreed and we have been trying to rekindle our romance.

But just when I thought we were good to go, here he comes asking if his mom could move in.  Why in the world would I allow the lady that hates me to move in?  I have just about given up on Gilbert living without his mom taking a huge part in his life.

He suggested that his mom and I sit down and hash things out. I agreed to save our relationship.  I never agreed to have her move in.  She thought that she was coming to a welcome home dinner. I exploded on her.  I told her that I never would imagine her living with me. Gilbert asked me to go to the our bedroom to talk.

We yelled at each other. I did not have the patience to deal with him or his mom no more.  I told him that he needed to decide what to do.




Is it a surprise that his mother barged in and told Gilbert they were leaving together.

















I could not believe that this was the end of it. Gilbert told me that he will contact me to pick up his belongings.
I started crying but I refused to try to keep him from leaving me.

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 A few months later my aunts surprised me by coming to visit me and taking me out to a nice lunch. I have to admit I was pretty surprised to get their phone call. We went out to lunch and they really inspired me to keep my life moving forward.

My aunt Suki was the main motivator. She is right she has kept it moving and so should I.  I know that she was married before and she ended that abusive relationship and now she is married to a wonderful man.  I decided to take their advice and keep it moving.

At work my coworker and I have been working out together.  His name is Jeff Benson and he is all about working out and how it can help you keep depression at bay.  I understand him. He too has worked hard on keeping motivated.

After months of training I decided to invited him over to hang out.  We started talking and found out we have a lot in common. 

I never thought I would be the type of girl to do this.. but it had been such a long time for me.  I knew Jeff for a while and it was only natural that we would try to take things to another level. 

And for several months we did just that.  It seems like everything was going so fast. He would spend the nights or I would at his place. We both agreed my apartment was better.

Before I knew it, I discovered I was pregnant.  I did not know what to do or think. I was scared to tell Jeff about it because we had only been dating seven months. How would he react?

When I told him he was a little stunned but relived that I wanted to keep our baby. He felt that he wanted us to get more serious by moving in together.  The baby for him was just the icing on the cake.

My mom's came out to visit us and our growing baby bump.  My moms are going through a rough time right now and its too bad that I am not able to help them as much as I would like to.  We decided to take them to a new little cafe in town.

To my shock Gilbert was there too.  I totally did not expect to see him ever again.  He too was shocked to see me and my baby bump.

He even had the nerve to ask if it was his baby.  We had been broken up for over a year now. I have no idea how he would even fathom to think it was his baby. He was too insistent for Jeff.

Next thing I knew Jeff and Gilbert were going at it. My mom Africa was yelling them to stop the chaos but they were not listening at all.

When it was finally over Jeff was the clear winner. He asked me if I was OK. He told Gilbert to stay out of our lives to which he responded that he would be glad to do so.

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We had a little ceremony before our baby was born. We didnt invite anyone. We really wanted it private.  To my surprise I went into labor that night.


We welcomed Quads. It was not a shocker to me since my moms have multiples and I myself am a twin.  Jeff was a little surprised but glad to know that they were born nice and healthy.  We decided to name them: Jeffrey Octavius, Kadijah, Kyle  and Raygene. 

Rodrigo Leopardi- Ch 8- Life is Grand

Rodrigo (33) his husband Cole (31)
Their children: Troy (6) and Tarzo and Murillo (3)
Narrated by Rodrigo
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I am staying home with the boys now until they get this potty training thing done right.  Troy is off to school so I don't have him to worry about in the day time anymore.

When Troy gets home he loves to sit at the piano and practice his skills. He is definitely musical. He gets that from me of course. 

I am glad my boys keep busy because that allows me to help my customers at my store.  I never thought that I would get so many customers here.  But I guess everyone wants to learn and instrument.

Inventory sells rather quickly and trust me I am not complaining at all.

But after a hard day of work it nice to know that I can come home and Cole has put the boys to bed.  We chat about our daily lives and fall asleep in each other's arms. Yes life is very grand indeed.

Ariel Dominguez Ch 8- Time for me to shine.

Ariel (32) her boyfriend Joshua (34)
Ariel's kids: Ben and Estella (12), Nianna (8)
Her ex-husband Frances Worthington III (35)
Narrated by Ariel
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It was just another day at the house with my children and Joshua. Everything was going fine and then it hit me. I did not know why Joshua and I were still trying to make our relationship work. 

Our relationship has been cooling off quite rapidly in the last few months.  He no longer sleeps over like he used to.  After I lost our baby I did not feel as close to him.  I never did tell him that I was pregnant and I do not regret that decision at all.

We still work together but for now thats more than enough time to see him.  he still comes around to look at the garden but he doesn't stay too long like before.

Frances did take the kids for the summer and they had such a great time.  It was now time for them to come home and get ready for another year of school.

Now that Frances is married with Cecilia things are different between us.  Gone are the days when  I thought we might get back together.  We both decided that we were good friends and great co-parents.

For some odd reason, Joshua made it a point to come back to make sure the kids were OK. I didnt approve of this because I really wanted to break it off completly. Frances already had an inkling that this was going to happen sooner rather than later.

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It did hurt to tell him that it was over.  Joshua knew it was over but was afraid to let go.  We were together a long time but it just became too predictable and overall boring.  We never made this relationship grow and thats why its best to end it.

He was a great boyfriend and did not cause a scandal.  He wanted to keep in touch but we both knew that would not be right.  So we said our good byes.

Now that he was gone I was going to focus on myself and my children.

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Frances was supportive when I told him. He agreed that he would take the kids more.  That was also great but that left me with a void.  I decided to finally get out there and start dating.

I went on a date with Luc Laundry he was stale. We went out to eat but nothing much happened. I think we were both bored out of our minds by the end of the date.

But just when I thought my dating days were doomed, Zeeshan Despret appeared in my life.  We hit it off since day one.  We could not stop conversing with each other.

I even caught him coming by to drop off flowers after one of our many dates. I thought that was so cute of him to do for me.

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I decided to have a little party so that Zeeshan can get to meet the family.  I wanted him to meet my children and of course to meet Frances.

Frances asked a lot of questions. I thought that for sure he would not like him. But as it turns out he did.  I am glad to start a new chapter in my life.  Hopefully his will come to something meaningful in both of our lives.

Beatrix Leopardi-Moore--Chap 8

Beatrix (33) her husband Christopher Moore (36)
Their daughter Carmela (8)
Narrated by: Beatrix

Chris and I have been having such a great time working and coming home to Carmela.  We had some money put away and decided to plan a trip.  We could not wait to tell Carmela that we were going on Vacation!

We decided to go to Tikki Island and had a blast.  Carmela was so excited that we were going on a trip.

She and Chris began building a variety of sand castles all over the beach.  Needless to say that the one that I did was not even up to their building level.

We also took some time to get some Hula Dancing lessons in.  Carmela was so good in our hula dancing lesson. Chris and I really need to work in our coordination.

Even though we were there with Carmela, we managed to take a few moments to ourselves. We had a great such a great vacation.  Chris even began talking about maybe having another child. I never really thought about it. I am so content with Carmela, and I never really thought about having more kids.  For now I just want us to enjoy this vacation

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Back home we relaxed and then Chris told me he wanted us to buy a house. He was tired of renting and wanted us to have more space. I have to admit that I have been feeling a little cramped in our apartment.  So the search for our house begins.

We went all over Viramontes and ended up renting another place.  This time we rented a house.  The outside was nice but the inside was a blank slate.  The houses were so expensive that we made the choice to rent rather than pay a mortgage.  Besides the landlord told us that we could paint however we wanted.

We had a lot of space now and we needed to plan a house warming party.

In order for us to take advantage of our new space, we needed to sell our old things.  I know Chris wants another baby but for now we are good.  So I am selling Carmela's old crib and our old dining room set.  We got a few buyers and everything sold!



With everything sold I now had some spaced for a small garden.  Carmela was all excited but disappeared when it came time to fertilizing the soil.

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We decided to have a small house warming party.  My brother Ivan came and so did Otani. 

It was great to have my family over for dinner.   Now thagt we have a bigger place we will definitively be entertaining more.