Yearly Archives: 2012

It felt like my dirty little secret.  Like something I had to hide from the world because if the world knew I would be viewed as ungrateful, terrible, selfish, a terrible mother.  I told just a few people. . . my sister, Lisa, and Chad, of course, but otherwise, I kept it to myself.  It […]

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“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.” -Helen Keller Thank you, Ms. Keller.  Thank you.

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Saturday evening I was sitting next to an under the weather Chanelle at our breakfast bar.  The living room was littered with books, crayons, markers, coloring books, a dirty diaper, Meadow’s half finished bottle, and other miscellaneous toys that we use in an attempt to entertain Meadow.  Chanelle had spent most of the day on […]

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It’s Friday, right?  I’ve been messed up all week.  It feels like today should be Tuesday because yesterday felt like Monday because Wednesday felt like a weekend.  But Wednesday wasn’t a weekend it was the Forth of July on a Wednesday.  Sidenote:  Chad thinks the Fourth of July on Wednesday should be banned, but I’m […]

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“Why don’t you go for a run?” Those were Chad’s words to me this evening after dinner.  It didn’t matter that it was a humid 88 degrees outside. It didn’t matter that simply walking outside and breathing in the air took your breath away.  It didn’t matter that I had already run six and a […]

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