So I lied, and didn’t keep the one resolution I had. I’M SORRY. We’ve literally been fighting off illness after illness, and I’m close to burning the house down. I went back and looked at the calendar and we’ve been sick since December 2. DECEMBER 2. That’s 57 days. FML. Hand, foot, and mouth (we … [Read more…]
I learned a while ago that I just wasn’t cut out for New Year’s resolutions. And trust me, I’ve done them all. Sober January. The Whole30. Starting an intense work-out regiment. Trying not to swear. Giving up caffeine. You see, all these things sound good in theory, but in reality, they made me a not … [Read more…]
I was in the kitchen washing bottles (I’m somewhat of a bottle bitch these days), and I heard my son say to my husband, “I don’t want to be with mommy today. I want the babysitter to come, because she’s fun.” Although he’s five-years-old, and didn’t mean to hurt my feelings, it stung. As I … [Read more…]
So how was your evening? Mine was great — if you don’t count the gas company coming to my house in Hazmat suits at 11 p.m. because I was convinced we had a gas leak and my family was going to die in their sleep. It went a little something like this…. 5 p.m. Dinner with family at … [Read more…]
To the Father of my children on Father’s Day, I know you don’t like a big fuss made about you, and gah, that’s what I love about you, but you are worthy of the biggest fuss. You see, today is Father’s Day, and just your attitude about this day speaks volumes about you as a … [Read more…]
We all hear the words “dry drowning” and we get a big lump in our throat. The concept is terrifying, because we have been taught our whole lives that a drowning incident involves water submersion and immediate response and rescue. We have been programmed to think that once our child gets out of the water, … [Read more…]
Just as I was thanking God that I survived my unbearable pregnancy and the horrid postpartum time-frame, and things were starting return to some sort of normalcy, my body decided to kick me in the ass, and hand me another dose of reality. You see, that’s the thing about pregnancy and childbirth, it’s the gift … [Read more…]
Yesterday I owned parenting, and decided my life would no longer be ruled by a five year old. Well, at least not every aspect of it. I’m not going to lie; having two kids has been unimaginably hard. I knew it would be difficult, sometimes. What I didn’t anticipate was it being hard every single … [Read more…]
I finally left the house, after a month of being confined to the four walls of my home with a newborn and a toddler, to get some much needed “me time.” My husband had told me to go do something for myself, so I decided after major neglect of my physical appearance, I would go … [Read more…]
It feels like something with the Holidays just didn’t jive this year. Something was off. I cannot pinpoint the exact reason but there was for sure something in the air this year, and I know I wasn’t the only one who felt it, because every friend that I spoke to shared in my misery. It’s … [Read more…]
