A record of the incessant and trivial chatter running through my head.
Monthly Archives: May 2012 It was just last fall when I dropped him off for that first day. When I watched him turn away from me and embark on an experience that was completely separate from me. I remember the anxiety, fear, and the massive lump in my throat like it was yesterday. I was overcome with uncertainty. What […]  “It feels like it must be the middle of summer”, I just said to Chad. I quickly scan my brain, what is the date? I laugh at myself when I realize it’s still May. How is that possible? I will admit, I’m as bad as school children (or teachers) when it comes to three day […]  It has been a girl kind of week in our house. While Charlie was off doing his big-boy-Kindergarten- graduate-thing, the girls (the girls. . . I don’t think I’ll ever tire of saying that.) and I enjoyed some extra time together, sans testosterone. Chanelle and I closed out the final moments of our “extra” girl […]  It happens every time. Without fail, every time I do it. . . it happens. The alarm sounds and I glance at the clock. . . 5:40 a.m. For a moment I bury my head back into my pillow surrendering to exhaustion. As soon as my eyelids squeeze shut and I feel the comfort of […]  You know that feeling you get when you finalize a date for a specific event and then you write it in pen on your calender because you know that nothing, absolutely nothing, is going to get in the way said event? And from the time you write it on the calender you are so excited […] |
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