"I am crazy. Completely out of my mind. In other words, I’m a
second-time-around mother. A month before my son’s 20th birthday, and eight days
after my daughter’s 18th birthday, I had another baby..."Tracy Jones is the mother of three
children, two in their twenties and one in elementary school, and also the
grandmother of five (one just 4 months younger than her own daughter). Her Second Time Around
column appears monthly in the Mooresville/Decatur Times
(Indiana), and twice a month in the
Martinsville Reporter.
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Praise for "Second Time Around"
"I really enjoyed Tracy Jones' column! Thanks for
this great new addition to your paper."
-Betty Jo Schuler, Connersville, IN
"I really enjoy the new column by Tracy [Jones], Second
time Around. I can really relate. I have a 27 year old and a 17 year old. Tell
her to keep up the good work and I will look forward to reading more of her
columns."
-Candy Owensby, Indianapolis, IN
"Your column today was sensational! And what brilliant
comebacks you had for your daughter. You oughtta rent yourself out to those of
us who just stand there, foot in mouth, wondering what to say."
-Maggie VanOstrand, California
"Having four children, two boys, then a ten year span
before two girls, (fourteen years between the oldest and youngest) I identified
a lot with your column. Smiled the whole way through."
-Marianne Foscarini
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