Life

Just trying to keep things in perspective

December 7, 2011

Tonight there was: Hamburger Helper and microwaved broccoli that I called dinner. Phones within reach, in case of an important phone call, text or email. Toys snatched from each other, negotiations made and tears. Countless retrievals from the steps of a baby who is way to eager to be moving. No less than two episodes [...]

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Biting my lip

December 5, 2011

My lips are dry and sore. I bite them because I’m nervous and on edge and just a wee bit stressed out lately and that makes them dry and then I bite them because they are dry.  “Quit biting your lip,” I can hear my father saying as he’d tap my chin to remind me. [...]

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Just… go to sleep

November 29, 2011

Sunday He fights against me with everything that he has.  Angry arms are trying to flail, but I hold them firm against me; tiny feet are kicking against my hip.  I hold him tight, readjust when he wiggles a space between us and keep walking and bouncing and shushing.  He’s tired. It’s an hour and [...]

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Just … drive.

November 14, 2011

Behind the wheel, I tap the beat from the radio onto the leather of the steering wheel.  My mind is buzzing from this topic to that one, the thoughts rolling and swirling and with it my my emotions from anger to frustration to hurt to whatever that feeling is when someone you love is hurt [...]

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Triage.

October 31, 2011

I lift the babies out of their cribs, trying to keep the hurry out of my voice and my eyes off the clock.  Cole is so anxious to be held that he bangs his head on the crib rails trying to pull himself up. “Just a second, buddy,” I say as I turn off the [...]

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This mother’s prayer

October 27, 2011

Dear God, Please take care of my children. I pray for a lot of things, but if you ever have to choose, always choose them.  Please keep them safe. Keep them healthy. Keep them happy. Give them faith that everything will be OK, then help to make sure that everything ends up being OK.  Give [...]

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Perhaps I imagine wrong

October 24, 2011

Downstairs the microwave beeps for a fifth or sixth time. Insistent on announcing that the water I heated for tea nearly ten minutes ago is now ready. Has been ready. On the bed, the baby squirms and cries. Getting his diaper changed is such an inconvenience these days.  I hear footsteps, proceeded by the smack [...]

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Football season: the update

October 19, 2011

The house was a mess. The floor a dumping ground for Legos, stuffed animals and six or seven Elmos.  The kids were disheveled and I was past the point where I cared. They were happy. They were content for a few minutes. And I was taking a much needed breath. Craig was in the middle [...]

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Monday night, 9:07PM

October 18, 2011

I open up a blank document and stare at the screen.  The laptop rests on the top of my outstretched thighs and I place my fingertips gently on the keys.  I wait.  I look up at the television, distracted by the latest trashy, reality TV show and I mute the volume. The kids are in [...]

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Lookin’ good this fall

October 11, 2011

Thanks to Walgreens for underwriting this post. I was paid as a member of the Clever Girls Collective, but the content is all mine. Visit http://moms.dailybuzz.com/channel/style.   Ahhh… fall.  The cool mornings, warm afternoons and crisp evenings.  Sweatshirts, jeans and boots worn to Friday night football games.  Saturday afternoons playing in the leaves with a [...]

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