I love this moment of total focus on my oldest when he was a toddler. Motherhood is amazing. And hard. And exhausting. And inspiring. And life-altering. And full of wonder, joy, heartache, laughter, connection, and sorrow. So many things! The home is such an important part of what happens in the world. And, strengthening our home and our family should be our #1...
I just read through the last two posts about Ilija's "incident" and I was taken right back to all of the emotions. And I am just sitting here crying! Life has gotten back to normal and I am kind of really sad about it! We are back to being stressed, and worrying about the floors needing to be mopped, and squabbling about uselessness,...
These are notes to my future self. Things I need to remember. 1. Listen to your body. If something really doesn't feel right don't wait for someone else to give you permission to get it checked. Just go get it checked. 2. Life is fragile. None of us knows at all which day will be our last. It sounds seriously cliche, but it...
So, It is 3:30 AM and here I am typing on a laptop in the dark. The baby woke up to nurse and now my mind is playing the last 24 hours over and over in my head and I can't sleep. I hope that writing this will help me to be able to sleep. Last month we all got that flu going...
