Dear readers.  Over the past year I've gone through a lot.  As many of you know I've felt strongly about not allowing my name to be drug through the mud.  

Over time my efforts to explain my life in a manner that allowed everyone to know me seemed to work.  This was important as I have been lied about etc...

But for me the fight to clear my name has never really stopped while many of you have come to the conclusion that I accomplished my goal.  Of course I never knew you felt this way.

So... I suppose the time has come for me to stop explaining.  Stop offering up some insight and continue to live on in a better life as I have.

And despite the financial distress I've suffered due to a year long of court battles, I have managed to regain my life.  I've been happy with my children and I've learned that people I thought were getting away with fooling others... were not actually fooling so many people after all.

People that once were the cause of all my pain have come to me and helped me with closure. 

These people and others have encouraged me to not allow myself to be misconstrued as bitter, angry or petty.

My new years resolutions are all set for me this year and one of them is to not drone on about my past in the way I have.   It gives such a small glimpse into who I am but when you read what I say, it seems to you that I'm consumed with it or focused on my past. 

The fact is until I sort out some details, I'll have to deal with the past but I've come to appreciate that I'm at a better advantage keeping ...   more »