This was a post I wrote a few months after our second daughter was born - AKA The Awful. Around The Awful I was spending the majority of my day fantasizing about running away via hitch hiking cross country in a wig and fake mustache (though I was working on a nice real one that probably would have done just fine) so I could make a new life for myself under a nice quiet ...
The baby that stole Christmas
Yesterday, a month and a half ahead of schedule, I took down the Christmas decorations. A task that usually leaves me sad and a little forlorn, hence why I try to put it off until Valentine's Day. Or our long dead Christmas tree bursts into flames because someone flipped on the overhead light. Whichever comes first. But this year I was champing at the bit to put this ...
Girl, Interrupted
When I was in high school my church youth group delivered casseroles to the elderly house bound members of our congregation. I was assigned to two houses - Morty and Edna - and I would usually hang around for an hour or two and visit. I remember thinking how pitiful their lives were. Confined to their homes, maybe getting out once a week to go and get some groceries or visit ...
Two’s company
The good news: Apparently we have (yet another) baby who likes to sleep 21 hours a day. Note to pregnant Moms everywhere - when people tell you to lay off the sauce because you're "pregnant", nod and ignore them. Yes, Ellie may get a little cross-eyed from time to time, and Lila likes to drink toilet water, but I believe my weekly wine allowance had a direct effect on ...
The other side
Recently I read a really relevant-to-my-life-right-now post on a blog I follow about a Mom who has reached the "other side" of motherhood.You know - The Other Side? The side where you go to bed with the knowledge that you won't have to wake up for 8 whole hours. The side where you tell your kids to go take a bath and you'll be up to read them a story after you finish your ...