Posts Tagged ‘children’

I spent my morning at the hospital visiting some friends who’ve been stuck inpatient for weeks.  It had been way too long since I’d had a chance to get up there to actually see any of them, and we keep in contact through calls and emails, but nothing is better than being able to just [...]

An unnatural phenomenon has occurred. One of those things that make you sit back and wonder “How is THIS going to play out?”
*disclaimer and warning: this may fall WAAAAAY into that TMI (too much information) header
The start of Peyton’s time of the month and my time of the month have coincided on the same [...]

Dear Nathaniel and Rachael,
Although many, if not most, of the things I’m going to talk about here were far beyond our control, our ability to do differently and no one’s fault, I feel the need to address them.
I’m sorry your sister got cancer.  I’m sorry for what this meant for the past years of your [...]

There was a meme going around called “10 things motherhood gave me”. I have tons of opinions on that: stretch marks, saggy boobs, under-eye bags, my first experience of having someone poop down my shirt, all the best parts.
But the more I thought about it, I decided that I was better writing “10 things [...]