Life after loss with autism, preemies and a rainbow baby
Maybe it is because we’ve slowed into our fall rush or because they don’t need my lap as much anymore. But I catch myself looking at my newly fived year-olds as their own biggish, little people. I watch them two feet in front of me and see them as the rest of the world does. […]
Together you wrestle with the space inside the computer chair as it knocks against the desk, balancing long legs and long arms and complete sentences. Somehow you are taking turns, or one has just given up the lead and you watch movie after movie of your little selves on the screen. (Because you can do […]
I was a single mom for eight years. Spending most of my twenties dreaming of the perfect husband, my mind created this magical guy who would swoop in and complete my days. I knew exactly what I wanted… someone who loves me to pieces and holds me together when those pieces fall someone who is […]
Your Daddy and I were discussing our earliest memories. Whether we remember anything of our childhood before we turned three. Maybe a little, bits and pieces of days. You are almost ready for three. To remember. I wanted to give you one for the bank, from the year you were two. ——————- Last weekend we […]
I have noticed a few things lately, How your hand doesn’t stretch quite as high to meet mine. That you don’t have to try as hard to keep pace with me as we walk. You pick up a book and pretend to read on your own and it isn’t even upside down. You wander a […]
I had big goals for today. It is my husband’s birthday and since I never have anything done ahead of time I had to work on his birthday gift with three small children who are banned from most shopping malls in tow. Putting my hours on Pinterest to good use, I picked a few cute […]
There are so many things that I want to tell you on this day of your 16th birthday but I will try to stick with just one… I have noticed that things are changing. That you see people differently and want to be like “them” instead of like you sometimes. That you have grown to […]
