Aug 29 2011
Every day it seems that Sam shows us something new that he’s learned. He’s getting to be a Big Boy so fast–faster than I am ready for. Examples of Sam’s Big Boy status– He willingly gives up the paci when it’s not naptime, bedtime, or other cranky times. He even uses Paci as a bargaining […]
Aug 10 2011
Today, Texas Health Resources Momblog posted a submission of mine about being present in the moment. This is something I’ve really been struggling with lately, and I think maybe this weekend was a sort of breakthrough, though entirely unintended. Part of the time we were just too busy for me to even think about somehow […]
May 03 2011
I’ve come to accept that at times I’m a small person. I don’t mean small in stature; I mean small in the “be the bigger person” sense. I try very hard to be the bigger person when I can. However, two days ago something happened that I just can’t be the bigger person about. I can’t […]
Apr 05 2011
Today was a GOOD Day. Today was the kind of good day that makes up for a whole bunch of crappy ones all at once. (This is not to say that I’ve had a bunch of crappy days in a row, quite the contrary, actually. But today made up for several crappy days in the […]
Mar 25 2011
Well, it doesn’t have quite the same ring as New Year’s Eve Eve, does it? But that’s what it is. We’re two days out from the Dallas Rock-n-Roll Half Marathon – my first half and Bryan’s fourth. To say I’m nervous would be quite an understatement. My training has been in the toilet lately – […]
Jan 18 2011
We all know her. She’s that woman who fusses at the teenagers from two houses down (who really aren’t doing any harm, or even being loud) to not lay in the street at night in dark clothes. She’s that woman who looks down her nose hautily at the too-short skirts and shorts and low-cut tops of […]