Life after loss with autism, preemies and a rainbow baby
You know that phrase about not seeing the forest for the trees? I’m not sure I see the forest or the trees. I’ll be walking along, with kids because when am I not with kids, and saying “Do you have your shoes? Is your shirt on backwards? Did I leave my keys in the car?” and […]
Our internet has been down since we got back from vacation and our laptop died last week. One of our cars has been acting up and we left my parents in a puff of smoke on our way to drop it off at the dealership from which it may never return. I’m sitting in the corner […]
Yesterday was one of those perfect summer days where the weather is good, the kids are almost not fighting and everyone goes to bed with sticky cheeks and sugar-filled dreams. I think we might have figured out how to have the best summer day around here. Start with painting outside 1. Fill shallow bowls with […]
Waiting for his treat, he forces a splayed hand as close to my view as a three foot frame can stretch. I am about to drop them one. two. three. into his grasp until I looked down and see his hand waiting in true toddler fashion. Fingers spread, his palm urges upwards. Everything I hand […]
Dear You (Me), It is the middle of summer and I thought I might make you a little list, you know, the truth about summer, so you feel just a bit better when debating running away on a dog sled in your forgiving sweater, skinny jeans and favorite boots this winter. 1. Remember those long […]
I woke up this morning with an agenda. Clean the bathrooms, pack up unsold items from our garage sale, finish some writing, get to the bottom of a pile of whites… it continued on dryly from there. Instead you whined and you took the cushions off the couch for the eleventy billionth time and you […]
