Joshua, my best boy and pioneer child, has developed a new habit in the mornings. Actually, both of the kids have developed this habit. They start every day in the bed with me. Sometimes they come crawling in as early as 4:45 (too early) or as late as 7:15 (which might still be too early,…
i love my son
Poison
Anger is my nemesis. It’s my Mr. Hyde. It’s a hateful and mean-spirited poison. The almost uncontrollable kind of anger that spews up from my guts and out of my mouth until I’ve decimated everyone and everything around me. I don’t know if it’s the root or the bud of all the negative thoughts that…
Broken Mama Heart
Seven weeks ago, Joshua broke his arm. His last visit to the orthopedist was this afternoon, and like we’ve done after all three visits, we went to Target for a special patient prize. A “medium” sized prize. He was full of energy and excitement, but he stayed patient with me as I wheeled through the…
Mario and Minnie Mouse Take The Neighborhood
In an 10th hour feat of parental awesome–because 11th hour would’ve meant I bought these costumes today instead of yesterday afternoon…like last year–costumes were acquired and all was right with the world. It was a Halloween miracle. Emma and I crashed Joshua’s school party this morning because that’s one of the perks of this thing…
The Kind Of Mom I Wish I Was
You know when your morning starts off on the wrong foot and you’re certain the entire day is shot because of it? That happened this morning. Joshua and Emma woke up at 6 and it was immediately clear that they had alllllllllllll the energy. (How do kids do that? How do they wake up going…