days and nights of hollis, nikki, jadon & caleb
Yeah my last post was just the result of lack of sleep and PMS. I’m over it. Meanwhile my head is spinning watching all the changes going on around me.
In only 8 days it’ll be Christmas.
In only 9 days Ashley, Drew and Devin will move out of our home for the last time, this time bound [...]
Today my therapist told me I was a “very interesting person.” Okay, perhaps I’m overanalyzing but what does that mean? Are therapists supposed to find their clients interesting? And if they do are they supposed to tell them? Am I interesting in a way that is profound and deeply inspiring? Or am I interesting like a [...]
4 Days
We travelled north for Thanksgiving this year. It was a very relaxing trip. We cruised on up the road the Wednesday before–the boys enjoying DVDs, the dog napping in her crate and Hollis and me listening to an audiobook via headphones. We kept the speed limit and stopped as many times as it took [...]
Caleb went to sleep a happy and satiated kid tonight. I did manage to turn on the bread maker last night and made my very first loaf of gluten- and wheat-free bread. My reward: I got to watch my son happily devour TWO peanut butter and jelly sandwiches this afternoon. So besides the part where he had an [...]
Been kinda down the last few days. The Monday after the Friday my contract ended my phones wouldn’t stop ringing with recruiters trying to get me interviews for other contracts. Now here I am two weeks later with nada—didn’t get any of the contracts for which I interviewed and the phone calls and emails are [...]
There are a few things about my children I understand completely–like their simple pleasures. Most of the time if it’s not a snack or a meal, I don’t know what the heck they want. Caleb can’t/won’t communicate his needs, and Jadon can be down right confusing sometimes. So I love those moments when I get it. [...]
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Break a spine!
Get it? Break a spine! … ’Cause a book has a spine? … Nevermind.
When it comes to our boys I try not to make our faith too mysterious. I try to speak as plainly as possible so there’s no confusion. For example, we don’t “say grace” before we eat. What does that mean anyway? No, I tell them we are going to “say thank you” to God for [...]
There doesn’t seem to be enough hours in a day anymore, which is funny because I used to think there were too many hours in a day…until bedtime that is! Going back to work full time has been challenging, but not as challenging as it could be. Hollis has all but taken over as primary caregiver [...]
Hollis and I slept in this morning. In fact we did not get out of bed until almost 10 o’clock! I’m still amazed. I feel a newfound freedom in learning we can do this. Apparently with both boys in school, they’re a bit more low key in the evenings. We put them in bed and [...]
