Today was a great day. There’s been a lot of not great around here this week. Cranky kids and a cranky mom and we were all just cranky. “Grumpos,” as Joshua has taken to calling us. And he was right. But not today. Today was the kind of day my heart needed. The kind of…
i love my son
A moment like this
So, I opened ye olde dashboard at something crazy like, I dunno, 8:00 a.m. and here it is a full 14 and a half hours later and I’m finally coming here to write something, weary from a day that has quite honestly just kicked my ass. We had one of the most challenging days we’ve…
Day Out With Thomas
Joshua discovered Thomas the Tank Engine when he was 18 months old. “Ta Ta!” he’d shout, as he monstered around the house. We have no idea where he first learned about Thomas the Tank Engine, only that he did. It has been a love affair that, over the years, hasn’t died. His favorite varies from time…
FOMO By-proxy
We’re living in an age where we’re all overscheduled, underslept, and chronically “busy.” We sign our kids up for t-ball, soccer, chess club, tae kwon do, gymnastics, and music lessons and spend all of our time carting them from one activity to another while we’re also trying to keep up with work, friends, the gym,…
Emotional Minefields
Ever since Joshua was a baby, it’s been clear that he’s a deeply emotional kid, prone to outbursts of the epic variety at the slightest provocation. Or sometimes without being provoked at all. I’m trying to get our days more organized and scheduled since his therapist recommended that as a way to help him out…