For the last few weeks my nine-year-old, Peter, has been wanting to use a remote control to either make the days go backward so he can relive Christmas or New Year’s, or go forward to his birthday or to when he’ll be 16 like his older brother. Then there are the days when he wants to pause time. Such as Valentine’s Day when we were eating chocolate cake and giving each other … [Read more...]
Always on Sunday
Two hours go by, three, then four. Nothing. Still I sit and type because it’s Sunday, and I have a deadline. I’ve wracked my brain trying to come up with something new. At this point I would even settle for something old. I’ve hounded my husband, bothered my friends, and even pleaded with my kids. Every single idea refuses to grow into an essay. I will … [Read more...]
One of Those Days
Today has been one of those days where I questioned every decision I ever made. It’s been a day where I felt as if I had to answer one more question from any of the people who live with me, I’d snap. Today being a mom to three, wife to one, and the owner of a possessed kitchen appliance doesn’t feel as great as it usually does. I’m tempted to just run as far … [Read more...]
Motherhood Helped Me Find My Voice
Words have always come easy for me. Legend has it I was speaking full sentences by the time I was 18 months old. At two, I corrected my grandmother’s pronunciation of Santa Claus. Words came easy. But finding my voice didn’t. And it wasn’t something I fully found until I became a mother. I was a shy, insecure young woman. The dyslexia that made school and life so hard … [Read more...]
No Need to Fear
I was tired and very cranky as I dragged my huge, nine-month pregnant stomach up the front steps to my parents’ house. After spending six hours at the hospital having my pre-admission tests, I wasn’t really in the mood for the annoyed greeting that my mother gave me. “Why is she so mad at us? It’s not our fault we’re late to dinner?” This was said to my husband in a hushed … [Read more...]
