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I know I’ve been holding on for a long time. Hoping and hoping and hoping that the naps would continue. That the quiet would continue. That the me time would go on. But alas, I think we’re done. Three years and two months into it and I’m pretty sure we nap no more. Of late it’s [...] Loathe. Detest. Despise. I can’t vacuum you up quickly enough. I bring you, the story: This past summer while on vacation, I purchased some “modeling dough.” See, there was a hurricane coming and we were on this fabulous little island and all I could think about was that if we got stranded there we’d need something [...] Sometimes you just have to look at the pictures, the captured moments, the stillness of it all, to remind you that some of these not-so-great moments will pass. They will, honestly. The pictures of the smiles and new moments and excitement help you to hold on to the fact that your kids are awesome and [...] As we turn the corner on a new year, I am brought that much closer to my 40th birthday. Forty. 4-0. As my loving and kindhearted brother would say, I’m 1/2. As in, 1/2 of my way to the grave. How’s that for love? But one thing for sure as I near that milestone birthday, I [...] There’s nothing new about a a kid who will eat something in earnest one day and then for the next month, they won’t touch it. You know, after you’ve gone out and bought a years supply of broccoli because one night your kid ate an entire head of it. Or, yesterday your son thought spaghetti [...] |
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