Archives for November 2016

From day one, I loved school.  I don't know why, or for what reason, because for me I always struggled academically a little.  I was excited when our oldest child was about to start kindergarten, but about 3 months in I was ready for her to be done and back home with me.  And that's when I realized ... read more

5:00pm, Friday, cira 1998...sunroof open, music blasting...sitting in traffic perhaps...but oh, it's the Friday commute home from work...and my shortest work commute was 50 minutes, but it always seemed to fly on a Friday.  The anticipation of spending two full days with my husband, relaxing, waking ... read more

It was 90 degrees in mid May and I found myself floundering...was it the heat?  Maybe the humidity?  I was cranky and hot and coming completely undone.  Maybe it was the impending summer-time and change of schedule that I hadn't put too much time into yet...wouldn't it be nice to not have a ... read more

Ok that may be pushing it, but it's not really that far off...it was actually kangaroos, but sure enough in a split second there was my 2 year old chasing a kangaroo...and someone yelling to get him out of there because they aren't too kind to strangers invading their space.  Blind terror...and I ... read more

My mom has this picture that she likes to talk about- my sister and I standing in Boston on a family vacation...I was 12/13 maybe and there I am in a big city carrying my baby doll.  Not just any baby doll, MY baby doll, she was the love of my childhood.  She was so life like, her head was even a ... read more