Running Chatter

Last week was a hair-pulling, teeth-clenching, fist-making, on the verge of screaming kind of week. Chad was gone most of the week for work and I was left at home with, well, you know. . . I was left at home. Really, I typically enjoy the very rare time he is away for a few […]

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I can’t believe I did it.  Really, I just can’t believe it.  There were some close calls.  Some almost slips.  Some, cover ups needed.  But in the end. . . I made it.  I never spilled the beans. It was hard.  It was hard to send our kitty visitors packing.  To continue to shoot down […]

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It’s hard to think straight sometimes.  (Or most of the time?) So many things are being said at the same time.  Advice, opinion, ideas, thoughts, arguments.  There is never a lack of words and voices constantly swimming from one source or another directly into the ears, mind and heart. Opinions are formed and conclusions drawn […]

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I took the test at 5:15 a.m. In my heart I already knew but when I looked down it was confirmed. .  . “Pregnant” I called Chad who was driving toward work and shared the news.  After some silence his response was a simple, nervous, okay. We had planned this.  We had wanted this.  But […]

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“Chanelle, go take a shower.” “Charlie, you can’t wear a ripped shirt.” “Can I watch t.v.?” “No, you can’t watch t.v.” “Meadow, why do you smell like syrup? “Meadow has syrup in her hair!” “Chanelle, get dressed!” Fifteen minutes later, I look up to see Chanelle standing at the of the stairs wrapped in a […]

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