A Life of Managed Chaos
From the category archives:
This is a family show,
but this is a warning
for TMI below….
Her: “Mommy, why are you wearing underwear when you sleep?”
Me: “Because I always where underwear.”
Her: “But why?”
Me: “Because I like to. When you aren’t wearing diapers at night anymore you’ll wear underwear too.”
(Perplexed look. I reconsider my statement, she is a ‘freedom lov’n girl’ after [...]
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”…you’ll never know…
how much I love you…
Please don’t take
my Sunshine
Away…..”
Thus is the end of the song my daughter, your granddaughter loves. The song that was chosen for her by you. The song that describes her, the feeling I had for her once she was born, but never said out loud.
She is Sunshine.
And until she came [...]
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Last week, I found myself literally standing before school administrators, tearing.
Driving into our designated handicap parking area, our meeting area for Alex and his para to meet, I was crying; he was crying. It was stifled as much as I could possibly manage. A few quick, deep breaths promised to keep it under control. The [...]
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Dear Goddess of Motherhood
What the heck!
I have here a little girl, all of three,
Who finds ways to daily challenge me.
Beyond her years, at two she turned the tables
Trading her currency for her wants, my plan she disabled.
Now at three acting older, this girl comes on stronger,
Calculating my strength to hold on a little longer.
She pushes [...]
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As we sit performing our ritual for evening nights where the only worries we have for the next day are what time the kids will wake, or if we’ll even be able to make it through a solid night of precious sleep, I think of the waters we’ve surfed, the mountains summited. As we [...]
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If found myself many times this season noting just how much I’m not ‘into’ this season. No joy, no warmth, certainly no feelings of hope renewed or the comfort of knowing someone is looking out for me, for my family.
I’ve marked it up to too much to do. Not enough time, enough energy; [...]
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She has been one of my greatest contributions to this world; full of love, and light, laughter, intrigue, curiosity, maintaining buoyancy in all the life around her, gifted to her, made by her.
Changing outfits sometimes hourly, loving the clothes of the summer all year long. Flip-flops, or bare feet is preferred, and though she [...]
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With Thanksgiving around the corner, I couldn’t bring myself to do a Wordless Wednesday. It seems there’s so much to say and always so little time to say it with clarity, with the full depth of thought and feeling we all have for all those around us. for all we appreciate, sacrifice for, [...]
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I found a gray hair. The second one ever…only the jury’s still out. I’m not sure if I’m actually going gray or going blonde. It’s an odd shade, lighter than it should be and not as light as it could be. A questionable hair really.
So the gray, or not so gray, something I have more [...]
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