When I was 6 days postpartum, someone said to me “Oh, you’ve got to start planning to give Joshua a little brother or sister. They’ll be best friends.” Six days. SIX. Six days after my insides had literally been removed from my body to facilitate the exit of my firstborn and then carefully (I hope)…
Motherhood
He needed me. And I found a way to get there.
This morning I got up, showered, vacuumed, made coffee, and broke down a door. All before 10:00 a.m. Yes. You read that correctly. I broke down my own front door. Here’s how the conversation that led to this went: Dan: “You know, Jennifer’s coming over this morning. You might want to clean the rest of…
Second Shift
On a break from someone else’s kitchen, my mama spent some time working in a textile mill. The work wasn’t hard. But it was repetitive. The pay was good and there was no grease. But the hours were long. They were inconvenient hours. Family hours. We missed her four evenings a week. She’d be there…
Toddlerography
I think I’ve alluded to this before, but the iPhone? Is my own personal piece of toddler-magic when I need to get stuff done in public. Seriously. It’s amazing what Youtube on an iPhone or some toddler flash cards can do to make sure you get through the grocery store without ripping someone’s head off….
A special kind of crazy
I’m being stalked by an inanimate object, y’all. The stalker’s name? Thomas the Tank Engine. This little blue engine has it out for me. I just know it. Joshua? Loves Thomas. Loves, I tell you. He screams for Thomas in the bathtub. He tries to sneak him into the crib. We cannot leave the house…