A Life of Managed Chaos
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I don’t know if you had the chance to watch Parenthood Tuesday night. If you haven’t you should search the net for the series premier.
I had tears in my eyes as the initial diagnosis of Aspergers comes out. The absolute fear of the unknown. The absolute fear and devastation of [...]
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I did not threaten my son that if he didn’t stop whining, I would find more medicine for him to take. I did not chuckle inside at the sheer insanity of that threat. I do not apparently have any other discipline options. It was not going to be a Flinstone’s vitamin. It [...]
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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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I did not offer my child who eats nothing dessert for the sake of calories. He had the choice of Oreo Cookies or a popsicle (which would you choose). He chose a popsicle – orange please. I did not immediately rush to the microwave, jarring it open and look in surprise at…nothing. [...]
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Seeing that Mommy is apparently too tired to keep up with her blog, we’ve taken it over. Between the three of us, we’ve figured we can do this thing she calls “work”. Alex thought we should do the Not Me Monday post from us, so here we go:
We did not awake one fine morning [...]
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Tonight as I sit thinking of all the things I could tell you about, I realize I have NO idea where to start. Do I begin by telling you of how horrible the Denver Children’s Hospital can be….which is hard when it can also be so great? Do I tell you the results of Alex’s [...]
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Happy New Year!
We’re in a new year and I feel so much hope and promise on this day for this year. Life feels good, warm, relaxed for all I have on my plate, for all my family has going on. The mere fact that I’ve put this perspective in writing, for you to read and [...]
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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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I did not feed my youngest two cheese balls, oatmeal and milk for lunch one day.
I did not get understandably tired of telling Ben not to eat snow that’s been lying on the ground for the last week and a half. I did not succumb to the third child lax and decide that if [...]
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