I had no idea Prairie Dawn wore days of the week underwear. She’s also a Leo, her birthday is 8/3, and her mother is named Delta (making her Delta Dawn like the song). I Googled her and found out she’s pretty darn fascinating. When I was younger I was always more of a Miss Piggy…
I feel like this today. I’m hoping it’s just the Sunday after a holiday and I’m resting up for the new year? If not, I’m just lazy. I have things to do, I’m just not in the mood and it’s cold out and there’s nothing really fun to eat in my house. I started a…
I smelled like vitamins all last week. There may be more fragrant vitamins out there, but mine smell really nasty. It’s not a good scent to be wearing around. I’m forever fishing things out of pockets when I do the laundry. I can always tell what my children are eating, outside of the lunch they…
I remember Katlyn’s first day of kindergarden. I put her on the school bus because she wanted to be a big girl and take the bus. I then proceeded to follow the bus to the school so I could make sure she made it and take pictures. She was my first and I was a…
Parenting. It’s like a really long orientation period for a pretty important job. The parent is the seasoned employee, the one that knows how things work and has been around for a while. The child is the newbie, the one that just came on the scene and presumably knows nothing. Similar to a new job,…
“Because I said so.” Not a phrase recommended in parenting books because it strips a child of all power and can be belittling. Better to give an answer that is firm, but provides an explanation. This makes the child feel validated even though the outcome is not what they want. I remember these words appeared…
A laundry mat is really not the place to make life decisions, but sometimes they work out. When Michael and I first started living together we rented this one and a half room place with concrete floors, before they were trendy, and a living room that barely had enough room for a futon (wow, remember…
Milestones are weird. The culmination of years, tiny steps and near misses, all come together in one day. A ceremony celebrating a right of passage or an achievement. Katlyn graduated from Xavier College Prep today. Four years of homework and tests, crazy schedules and days when she just didn’t want to get out of bed.…
You know those scenes in some movies where they speed everything up and the sun rises and sets and the cars race by and the people look like little ants? The ones where they’re showing the passage of time? Sometimes I feel like I’m in one of those scenes. I try to slow it down…