“It is a miracle if you can find true friends, and it is a miracle if you have enough food to eat, and it is a miracle if you get to spend your days and evenings doing whatever it is you like to do, and the holiday season – like all the other seasons –…
What ARE We (AM I) Doing??
I recently read this article by Allison Slater Tate – Parenting as a Gex-Xer: We’re the first generation of parents in the age of iEverything. If you are about the same age as me and you read this you will be nodding your head the entire time, I promise. I can relate to everything she…
These Kids, They are Special
Sometimes when I really start to think about my children and their qualities and uniqueness, I get teary. Okay wait. EVERY time I think about those things, I get teary. I mean, they’re my kids. And one of the things I love about them MOST is their uniqueness. Sure, some of their “qualities” get on…
Back in the Dating Game
A few weeks ago I was coming out of the gym and thinking about my husband for some reason. I realized there was a perfectly good Saturday night open on our calendar for us to have a date night. So I sent a text to our regular babysitter to see if she was available. She…
To Believe Her
I walked out into the parking lot and put my bag of goodies in the back of the van. I had just left the store with bars of chocolate and a decorative something something for the house and earrings I did not need but thought were cute, so I bought them too. As I started…
“There’s life after children.”
My first thought? “But there’s life during children too.” I was at the car dealership getting my oil changed. I did not have any of my kids with me because it was a Monday morning and they were all at school. I planned it that way. The car dealership is boring for me so I…
Randoms
You know how sometimes you just have one of THOSE weeks? Well, this has been one of THOSE weeks. Four out of five of us sick. Ups and downs galore. Missed school. Feeling like crap, feeling okay. Eating take out and convenience foods. No exercise. I need a REBOOT. Seriously. So, I’m just gonna post…
Why the number “6” balloon doesn’t bother me…
I am sitting in hubby’s home office on the weathered leather sofa, my legs tucked under me. I look out the French doors into our living room and my eyes glance up at the ceiling. I notice that the gigantic Mylar balloon left over from G’s birthday party a few weeks ago, is floating there….
Past, Present and Future
I was looking at and working on our family calendar today. The future. We have kind of a big deal summer vacation in the works for this year and I’m pretty excited, really hoping it works out. I’m like a kid again, anticipating something really fun but “mom” and “dad” have not said “yes” yet…
Just an Hour
I am parked in my same-as-always spot on the side of the street by the school. One huge rain drop slides down the windshield right in front of me. It lands there after dive-bombing from one of the many branches of the huge live oak tree that I am so familiar with. It quickly disappears…