Yesterday I walked into the bathroom and noticed Meadow’s toothbrush standing proudly on it’s suctioned cup feet at the very edge of the counter top. Next to the toothbrush sat her toothpaste, appearing like two friends who had come together to enjoy a morning stroll (or more likely a sit in a park to watch […]
I’ve spent the last hour reading, re-reading, reliving, re-experiencing Meadow’s birth, life, and her journey into the world. Certainly, her entrance into the world isn’t one of heroic proportions. It’s not a story noticed by anyone. I have no war stories or battle wounds to tell about. Her entrance into the world was, thankfully, unremarkable […]
Have I mentioned that we’re selling our house? (That was a rhetorical question. . . I know I have.) Truth is, selling our house has made me slightly neurotic regarding the mess and clutter in our home. (Okay, if I’m being really honest, before a showing I can be found frantically shoving Charlie’s school papers, […]
I awoke early this morning. It wasn’t the sound of my alarm that woke me, but the constant hum that is present in my brain. Before my eyes opened I heard it. . . clean kitchen floor for showing tomorrow, edit photos, study for exam, email so and so and so and so, write thank […]
After extensive research, throughout which I applied the scientific method– including but not limited to hypothesis construction, testing, and data analysis– I have come to the following conclusion: The hunger, weight, and nourishment {or lack thereof} of Summer’s oldest child is directly related and proportional to the state of Summer’s mind. Your looking for my […]