Each and every time I dare to get sick, I’m plagued with a recurring dream. I’m in bed with an extremely sore throat or a painful stomach bug. I can barely lift my head up. Yet I keep trying to reach my office to let them know I won’t be in today. But whatever I do, I can’t seem to get through to a single person who can help me. I’m in a full-blown panic because I’m sick … [Read more...]
Things I Know for Sure About Raising Children After 18 Years of Motherhood
After being a mother for eighteen years, twelve as the mother of three, there are some things about raising children that I just know to be true. These include the following: A child can take a shower for over an hour and not only not wash his hair, but somehow miraculously not even get it wet. This same child can water the flower garden and not get one plant wet, yet … [Read more...]
A Quiz for Moms: How Ready Are You for the School Year to End?
Lately it seems I can’t go a day without seeing a quiz pop up in my Facebook timeline asking me to find out what Disney Princess I am or what my taste in music says about my personality. With the school year quickly coming to an end, I decided to come up with a quiz that crazed moms like me could really use: Just how over the school year are you? I understand you may feel … [Read more...]
Wishing for Happier Days: The Pain of Mother’s Day After Pregnancy Loss
I sat up on the exam table, my husband next to me. Our doctor turned her back on us and asked for the date of my last period. With her calendar wheel in hand, she turned around and pronounced that May 30th would be my due date. Excitement filled my body. I couldn’t stop smiling. For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a mother, and now it was happening. Joe turned to … [Read more...]
My Wishes for My Son as He Gets Ready to Graduate High School
This week our firstborn child got measured for the cap and gown for his high school graduation. It was only yesterday when I would put him on my lap after bathing him. He would smell of lavender baby wash as he snuggled into me. I would rock him to sleep and just stare at how gorgeous he was. Those days felt as if they would last forever. Now he is 18 and thinking about the … [Read more...]
