I woke up this morning thinking “Where did the time go?” I remember the day you were born. Well, actually, I’ll be honest, it’s a blur. After being induced and then going through 24 hours of labor, I was exhausted. And then upon seeing you, I was exhilarated… and scared…and overwhelmed. I felt a keen
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Home
Okay so today I had no plan. This is a good thing because my dryer broke and I needed to do laundry. I went to my friend’s house to do laundry. We sat and folded and talked and laughed. It was nice. No hurry. We can’t go anywhere. See, things are changing for us. Our
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Shaking My Can on the Corner
I know, it doesn’t sound pretty. What I mean is that I was “shaking a can” for ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) on the corner this morning. It was amazing. I saw a lot of volunteers standing in the rain to help! I witnessed generosity in spades. There were lots of people saying, “God Bless!” which
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The Gift of Presence
It’s my mom’s birthday today. Happy Birthday Mom! Love you! It’s mine next week. I don’t tell you this so you will shower me with presents or birthday wishes (although that would be lovely). I tell you this because it has me thinking. People say, “What do you want for your birthday?” This is a
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The List
Okay so I was feeling pretty sorry for myself the other day. It was one of those “down in the dumps” days. Someone asked me what I was doing now that I wasn’t “working” and I had a little hissy fit. Inside. I try not to have hissy fits on the outside. Inside I was screaming,
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If You Give a Mom a Minute
I’m sort of tired. I’m a little confused. I wish I could stop thinking. I need to power down. I move from one thing to another to another. I’m like the pig…you know, the one they gave a pancake to. Then he needed syrup. You know how the story goes. For me, it’s like this.
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Happy Mother’s Day!
Happy Mother’s Day! I love to be called by that name…mother. Actually, it’s Mom to my kids. I love it in any form… “Mom, I’m home” or “Mom, can you pick me up?” or “Mom, can you help me?” or the not so exciting, “Mom, I don’t feel good”. On days when we are especially