This month I turned 36 years old. That sounds so weird to me, so I took a good hour to sit down and think about things I like about being 36 and also things I have learned. Some of these are memories I love that I have, some are lessons that I’ve learned, and some are just good sense. And I can combine that many different things because after all, it is my list. 1. I was there for […]
» Read moreJohn David asks me one question every single day. “Mom, are you so happy? I just want you be happy, Mom.” If I cry, he can’t take it. “No, Mom! I just want you be happy!” If I get stressed and start rushing around, “Mom, I just want you be happy!” If he’s in trouble for something, well, if John David gets in trouble for something he does that thing that little kids do that will melt your heart. He […]
» Read moreWhat is she talking about, “the fear of sitting down??” Well, if you have it, then you know, and if you don’t, I’m sure you have your own problems. Ha! No, I just mean that I found this video that explains well what we are doing for my hip pain. (I do live in fear of sitting. Sitting hurts.) I still have to do one more MRI to check for inflammation in my SI joint, but for now, we’re going […]
» Read moreThe other day, as I dug through the books on my shelves, I came across a book I have thought of a lot lately, a book like no other. It’s the little book of Poetry, written by my grandmother, BHK. We’ll call her Beth. Beth died when I was 16, of breast cancer. Her death was one of those that didn’t sit well with anyone. No one said, “Well, it was just her time to go.” Everyone was more like, […]
» Read moreThe biggest change of the year for me has been that I’m so busy with people who I can actually see that I can no longer keep my blog updated or read my Facebook feed. My online life–Is that a thing??– is seriously taking a hit! Yes, I still go on Facebook to check my messages, so I still see the “top story” or two, but that’s about it. Last year, I spent so much time alone in the house […]
» Read moreI’m so happy to tell you that our flight was a smashing success. JD is now a veteran flyer. He took his very first turn on an ipad on this trip. It kept him occupied for all of like ten minutes. Yes, he insisted on riding the airplane barefoot. He is a boy after my own heart. I will never fully understand you shoe people. 😉 But that’s okay. You can wear your shoes, and we can wiggle our toes […]
» Read moreWe look super happy in this photo, didn’t we? We were sort of happy, but we were stressed. Alan has enough school and family work to fill his plate, but he does well. I’ve already said a thousand times that the first year of home schooling has been a huge challenge for me. I was surviving, really. There was more stress than joy in my days. I was living frustrated. I ran into a mom that I sort of know at […]
» Read moreTomorrow we have family arriving, and it makes me feel like “Ahhhh, peace.” I know things will be crazy around here, as the kids will be all excited, and there will be 8 people in the house, but the thing is that I am seriously in need of reinforcements! Some days I’m all about the home schooling. “Oh, sure. I think it’s great! I love it.” Then there are days like today, where I’m more like, “Home school is ruining […]
» Read moreNew York in the fall has nothing on DC in the spring! Ah, Spring, that glorious time of year when I want to wear short sleeves, but I can’t find them. Â My nose is stuffy, my eyes itch, and yet for some reason I feel wholly and ridiculously happy. Â I want to hug the spring this year–every zyrtec requiring moment of it is pulling me out of the dark-ish zone I’ve been inhabiting for too long to admit! This spring […]
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If you read my last post, Our Vacation Nightmare, then you know that this wasn’t our best week. Now it’s Friday night, and as I sit here, with Alan beside me, and all of our children sleeping soundly, none of that even matters anymore. I love it when we sit and talk about all the cute and funny things our children have done lately. And whose heart wouldn’t melt from having little almost-three-years old Dan keep visiting my room, after […]
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