My patience is often extremely thin with my kids. Many times I am ready to snap at any moment. I am always thinking about something else I need to do, accomplish, make clean or pick up (laundry or groceries or a kid, you name it). I go through my days rewinding a to-do list, mentally…
I wish she would have stayed
Tim came into the room with me and helped me get undressed. Of course, he is always willing to do that. Only this time it was for a different reason than usual. I was about to give birth to our baby. It was our second baby boy’s birthday and I was both excited, full of…
Oh Monday…
Yesterday we gathered as a family of five and smiled for the camera and laughed and kissed each other’s cheeks. Monday morning came with a vengeance and brought non-listening ears and tears and frustration and new worries for a week ahead. At school. At work. The sunlit counter scattered with the things of a busy…
Big Foot
I like to pop a squat in the corner spot on the right end of our L-shaped sofa because the arm is super cushy and it’s next to the end table where I can put my drink of choice. Sometimes the kids will come snuggle up to me while I am sitting there watching t.v….
The Family Bed
I hear the door down the long hallway as it clicks and creaks open. I know he is coming after he stops at the bathroom to tinkle. And he does, his feet literally pitter-pattering down the hall. Next he is right by the bed and my tired ears hear him, “Mommy, can I snuggle?” I…
Starbucks Run
Mondays are kinda crazy. It’s usually my laundry day. All of the kids go to school but after school we have Cathechism (or Catholic education) for B. I also usually go grocery shopping on Mondays. So, after dropping K off at school at 9, I head to the gym, come home, get cleaned up, have…
Easier
I commented to a friend of mine the other day that things are getting “easier” as the kids get older. I think what I really meant is that things are easier now that G is in Kindergarten. I don’t mean that in a mean way, I’m just saying the boy takes a lot of energy…
Taking a Step Back
She sat by the door in her bedroom, “Indian style” with the green shag carpet grazing each of her calves. The full length mirror on the back of the door served as a periscope into her teenage soul. “Who are you, REALLY?” she would ask as she gazed deep and long into her own brown…
Stormy
A storm is coming. And I find that interesting since one seems to brewing inside of me too. I am not myself. I got bad news about my ankle today. (surgery) I have a kid who refuses to listen lately and hurts my heart on the daily. But of course I love him and I…
Kindergarten! GO!
I probably woke up late because subconsciously I was not ready for this. I laid there while Tim readied himself for work all around me and the light from our bedroom window became more and more. But still, I did not rise. When I finally lifted my tired body from the bed and sauntered into…