THIS is the photo that was displayed at Peyton’s art class as the project of the day. THIS is the picture that Peyton painted. Do you hear that? That’s my heart overflowing with pride at her talent. Girl’s got some MAD skills!
Posts Tagged ‘mommy memoirs’
Better living through chemicals
Dear Company-That-Manufactures-Robitussin-with-Codiene, I truly want to extend my deepest regards and heartfelt thanks for the unexpected joy you’ve brought into my life. I recently (last night) was on the road for over eight hours driving from Florida to Alabama. As my daughter has your product prescribed, I planned to give her a dose to knock [...]
Knowing what crazy looks like doesn’t make it any easier to avoid
A cough in the middle of the night. Followed by another. Then a soft moan of discomfort. That’s all it takes. I’m transported to a night over two years ago when I woke up to hear Peyton crying in her sleep. “I hurt, mommy.” Those three words foreshadowed pain and sickness and disease. I didn’t [...]
A letter to Mattel
Dear Mattel, Your Barbie movies have been a part of our household for the past 4 years. Dancing princesses, princesses and paupers, fairies and mermaids….all of these have been embraced by my two daughters with complete and utter adoration. My girls sing the songs, they dance along, they wish for magic lands and sparkly adventures. [...]
Next week will be better. Right?
** THANK YOU all so much. I have the best online friends and support group from this site. I can’t tell you how much each comment and email did to boost me out of my funk. Ya’ll are amazing. After taking Peyton’s temperature eleventy-million times on Friday, she finally hit the hospital stay lottery number [...]
