It’s the first year where we have no believers in the house. That’s right, I’m talking about Saint Nic. Yes we are exactly those kind of people who excitedly tell our children that some strange obese man in a fuzzy track suit is going to break into their house once a year and deposit presents … More Goodbye santa
Whoop de doo! I hear this with an eye roll accompanying it. But that’s not what it means really. Rather, it should be heard like an exaltation. But unfortunately, like many things, it’s true meaning has been lost. We have tainted it. I find it sad…too many good things have lost their luster, and become … More It’s the holiday season, with the whoop de doo!
Have you ever tried to save someone who was drowning? I remember when the kids were little, we went to Turner Falls as a family. There is this huge water slide in the water that Braden really wanted to go down. He was probably only 4 or 5. Now, my kids started swimming the moment … More Drowning: How to breathe when tragedy strikes
I’ve been trying to think of a blog to write for weeks and weeks. I have nothing. I literally have not a single thought….no thoughts come into my head… Would you like to know why I have no thoughts? Because I am a catatonic, zombie, robot mom on autopilot. I’m going CRAZY with the rush … More The first day of school CAN NOT get here fast enough!
Teenagers are like termites, poking tiny holes at your foundation until you crumble…. … More Exhausted
Life with kids is unstable. Physically, emotionally, financially…constant, ever changing, instability, one wave of transition after the other. It’s a hot dang mess of disruption and disorder, because life has a way of just continuing to happen. It makes me think of sitting on the beach, a wave comes and brings with it something new, … More Life, Kids, and the Pursuit of Stability
Years ago I heard a speaker say that parenting wasn’t about raising healthy kids, it was about raising healthy adults. The older my kids grow, the truer I can see that statement is. I was given the opportunity to hear a man speak a few weeks ago who said that by the age of 12 … More How to Launch
They say one in twenty six people will be diagnosed with epilepsy each year. Even with a family history, and a child with a previous nasty head injury, we still were not prepared to be one of the twenty six. My seventeen year old had her first seizure just over six months ago, just one … More What I’ve learned having a kid diagnosed with Epilepsy
My third and final blog on health marriages that promote healthy kids is focused on arguments. I believe that children need to see their parents have healthy arguments. I remember when a friend of mine got married in her early 20’s. Her parents had a beautiful picture perfect marriage, she could proudly say that she … More Can arguing in front of your children really be healthy?
When Mamma’s sick you know what happens? Basically the same as every other day, you just feel awful while doing it. I know, it’s an age old rant, but here I am, joining in it. You know what I do for the hubs and kiddo’s when they are sick? Bring them drinks, check their fever, … More When Mamma’s sick
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