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Musings on Motherhood
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Tonite my little girl's heart was hurting. A school friend is moving away and she has been sad about it all week. So she cried and I cried with her. I didn't know what else to do. I feel helpless, and it stinks. Gone are the days of protecting her from everything. I cannot kiss this hurt and make it better. All I can do is hold her and encourage her and sing her to sleep, which I did.
As she finally fell off to sleep I looked at her sweet little face, although it's a...
After a month of transitions...moving, starting back to school (for me and my oldest) and just a general upheaval of our lives, I am looking forward to settling into October, which is my favorite month, like a comfortable old chair. The month usually brings with it cooler weather (cue Autumn breeze) and sometimes even rain, which I always receive as a special gift from the heavens to me for my birthday, which is also this month. The changing of the leaves, Fall carnivals,...
We are moving,...AGAIN! It's actually a good thing, but in the midst of trying to organize and pack the mounds of our excess it is a bit overwhelming. 18 months ago I moved myself and my girls into our own place. It was necessary, as my marriage had gotten volatile. But now, 18 months later, we are going to give co-existing another try. After time and counseling and re-assessing what's important and of course, compromise.
The new place is bigger, roomier, with a/c and...
The build up, the anticipation, the first day of school has come and gone and I find myself thinking, okay, that's good, can we go back to summer now? Now that the initial excitement has worn off, I'm ready to roll over and go back to sleep. The good news is my daughter is still feeling the adrenalin rush of a new school year. It looks like we have been blessed with another wonderful teacher and since this is my big 3rd grader's second year at the same school she had friends to look for this...
I can't believe it's T minus 10 days til the first day of school!! Where did my summer go? Thankfully, I managed to scrape by without a 'real' job so that I could be home with the girls. And we even got to make a few little trips in spite of the fact that gas is astronomical!! But it seems like just yesterday it was June and I was heading to Valley Center to visit my cousin and now it's already back to school. Spending the past 5 weeks schlepping my 8 year old to drama class didn't help,...
Last night my 3 and a half year old was playing 'store," one of her favorite pretending games, and so she was giving me things to ring up, since I was the "payer lady." As I was totaling her items, she pulled out one of those return postcards that come inside magazines and handed it to me, then asked, "Do you take competitors coupons?" Her Dad and I then proceeded to laugh our heads off for the next ten minutes.
I guess it's no secret I like to shop and as a...
The girls and I went out around 7 tonight to enjoy the late evening breeze. My youngest was running through the sprinklers, but when her sister went to turn the water down, a mama bird came flying out of our Camilla bushes. Every time my oldest went near the faucet after that you could hear the mama bird protest. I figured she must have a nest nearby. A little while later, the mama got really upset and I saw a baby bird fluttering around on our porch, followed by my cat who had up to...
My 8 year old tried to tell me, but I was busy writing an e-mail. Those few extra minutes ended up costing me a lot more time in clean up. Needless to say, my 3 year old went straight into the bath tub while I hosed down the kitchen. I suppose it could have been worse...at least it was ice cream and not another brown substance she chose to fingerpaint with...although she did have a fascination with painting with THAT a few times, a couple years back. Ah the joys of toddler-hood!
Maybe it's because several of my (younger) friends are turning up pregnant. Or maybe it's because I know I am finished, done, kaput, in the birthing department. Whatever the case, I have been having major baby longings lately. I suppose it's inevitable. My almost 4 year old is growing out of babyhood. In fact, she reminds me daily that she's a 'big girl' and seems to have given up naps completely.
So when I see the rolly polly legs of babies and the tiny clothes in stores that no longer fit...
It's been awhile since I've sat down to write. I was out of town for most of one week and my Dad had surgery which threw off last week, plus the holiday. But lately it's been hard to blog because my house is soooo hot during the day. Needless to say a swamp cooler doesn't work once it's over 90...and 108? FORGET IT! So, we divide our time between Barnes and Noble or other well cooled places. And, as I have every year since birth (minus the 2 summers I spent living elsewhere) I curse my...
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