Posted in Miscellaneous on Mar 6th, 2010
…but life has just basically gotten in the way. It has a tendency to do that on occasion, leaving a person feeling stripped, empty and devoid of energy or gumption of any sort.
I took the kids to say goodbye to their grandma tonight. She is basically asleep most of the time and can’t talk or [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Feb 17th, 2010
I received the following question from reader MCmomof3:
Does anyone have any advice for how to handle our sore-loser son? I keep thinking he’ll grow out of it, but this kid cannot handle losing or even getting behind. He comes from two go-getter parents who don’t give up until they’re beaten, so this [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Feb 15th, 2010
Yesterday my kids surprised me with a cake. I mean, really surprised. Normally I catch on to their attempts to spring something on me, but this time, it went totally over my head.
“Logan wants cake. Do we have any cake mix?” Andie asked me yesterday afternoon, after they’d all come in from playing outside in [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Feb 11th, 2010
Carmen, the kids’ grandma, is still with us. Being able to spend these extra days with her has been priceless; however, in some ways, it’s almost as if she is already gone because it seems like I’m often comforting one of my children as they cry for the loss of their grandma. Their grief manifests [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Feb 4th, 2010
We’re taking the kids up to the hospital shortly to see their grandma again. I’m not positive, but this might be the last time we see her. I’m full of sadness for all of us who will be left behind. Yes, Carmen will be in a better place, and I’m happy for her in that [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Feb 1st, 2010
Color me a proud auntie!
My baby sister (OK, so she’s 30, not exactly a baby anymore) stumbled across the following in my 3-year-old nephew’s room today:
“STOP” has long been Brendan’s favorite word to write. He first wrote it, out of nowhere with absolutely no prompting, when he was 2, complete with the octagon-shaped sign. We [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous, Reflections on Jan 28th, 2010
OK, so you probably haven’t even noticed that I’ve been gone for the past week, but just in case you have, I promise, my excuse is good. My former mother-in-law, my kids’ grandma and a woman who is in many ways like a mother to me, is at the end of her 10-year-long battle with [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Jan 21st, 2010
Does anyone else have a child whose brain is so active that it just won’t turn off at night? Or maybe you also have this problem yourself, as I do. I haven’t found a solution for myself yet though, let alone for my 7-year-old, who reminds me very much of me as a child in [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Jan 19th, 2010
OK, so thanks to Matt, the extremely nice owner of Fibers.com, I get to create my very own shirt and do a review and giveaway on my blog after I receive it. The problem is, I’ve collected so many cool/wise/humorous/insightful sayings over time (all to do with writing) that I can’t decide what to put [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Jan 15th, 2010
Andie received a photo frame wrapped in felt for Christmas, so she decided to put a picture of me in it. I know, how sweet, right?
Turns out, she couldn’t find one. Not a single one. She came in my office, exasperated, and gave me a mini-lecture about how I don’t have enough pictures of myself [...]
