Life after loss with autism, preemies and a rainbow baby
I have never been a swearer. Sometimes I wonder why four letter words don’t roll off my tongue easily. I’m one of those people who sounds sort of strange when I swear and on the rare occasion that I do? I get an oh-my-God-the-world-is-falling look from my husband so I usually just avoid it all […]
I was complaining about the dishes. The sink is always full, the dishwasher never empty and those sippy cups? What a pain they are to dismantle. Tumbling cups and plastic bowls, they take up at least one shelf of every load. Her face flashed a look of recognition as she remembered these days well. Trying to […]
Easter ruffles scrunch beneath her car seat straps. As I click her last buckle the silver tear drop at my neck dangles near pink painted fingers. -What is this for Mommy? -This is for Hadley honey, to remember her by. -You’re wearing it to Nana’s house, Mommy? For Easter? -Yep, I’m wearing it for Easter. […]
I knock on the door of Employer #1. “Hi, yes. Could I take a sick day? My throat…” “What? Yep, here’s your backpack. Sure I’ll fix your ponytail. Your clean laundry is right there. Hang on, let me find your glasses.” Employer #1 is less than understanding, #2 will give me the day I’m sure. […]
There are days that creep by slowly. Morning comes before my eyes are ready and bedtime comes long after it’s due. I find the clock one time too many, linger in a chair long enough to want to stay, bury myself in stickers on walls and princess clothes, gather train tracks and crumb covered fingers, […]
Well I am back. We happen to still be in the trenches of the plague that struck over a week ago but after 9 straight days I feel confident I have some advice to share: 1. Do not go visit preschools toting all of your young children who have barely left the house their entire […]
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name… Boy, he is loud. His voice, a deep baritone of strength, bellows over the sea of gray hair surrounding us. I mouth the words I’ve said three million times while tracing the grooves of polished wood holding my hymnal. That book must weigh at least […]
You know you’re the mom to more than one young child when: 1. You have memorized the location of every drive-thru Starbucks within a 60 mile radius (or drive-thru anything for that matter, getting in and out of the car more than once per outing is not an option). 2. You never park next to […]
After my last pregnancy and subsequent life threatening delivery, I was told by my doctor that I should not have anymore children. Being one who does not like to be told what to do and who also tends to want another newborn the minute my last child (or children) drop the first sign of babyhood, […]
I hope your holiday was full of… hugs with someone who loves you to pieces treats with a friend who let you sneak just one more silly faces with a girl who laughs at your giggle playtime with family who love you to your toes music with people who sing your song pictures with cousins […]
