Life after loss with autism, preemies and a rainbow baby
We drove to the airport Sunday as my dad flew home from Florida. McKenna stared out the window as we arrived, “there’s no snow! It’s spring!” She followed with ramblings of our afternoon plans, the park with Daddy and a bike ride and then a picnic in the backyard. Somewhere lost in five year-old translation […]
I remember sitting in front of the television, calculating how many years I had left to compete for Miss Teen USA. My glasses at least three-quarters the size of my face, my teeth roughly the same, and my coordination displayed in a flawless ability to walk into walls and trip while standing still, I was […]
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. […]
The impressive stack of cushions atop our basement couch makes me cringe but giggles are contagious. “I’m on top of the world!” “I is not afwaid of anyfing!” “I… like… pink.” Superhero capes wave behind as they leap to toy towers. There is much to be cleaned and stopped and quieted. I slide rough edges […]
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 […]
Once we decided I would homeschool McKenna my mind started spinning about how I was going to do this. Where do I find worksheets? How much time do I spend on handwriting? Spelling? Counting? I quickly went to twitter and asked on my Facebook page and found some great resources to create my plan. And […]
“Mommy what color are my eyes?” Your eyes are blue just like mine. “No Mommy, your eyes aren’t blue.” They aren’t? What color are they? “They are rainbow, Mommy, because Hadley is in there.” —————– Are you heading to BlogHer? If you are excited/nervous/counting the days like I am, check out my interview with a […]
If you give a girl a camera… she will slide off your lap forget the tight grip claiming your hand find a way to say hello behind a lens bring out the sillies capture her sister’s smile and even hand the camera to her brother but just for a moment before she takes it back and […]
McKenna has reached full-on American Girl obsession. She went from having no interest in them to wanting all of the American Girl® dolls and all of their accessories. She just needs parents with a much larger bank account to make her dreams come true. Her first major request was the McKenna doll because how could I […]
