Life

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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Another day, another dollar

October 11, 2011

With the first tentative sip to test the temperature, I stare at the computer screen.  My hands are wrapped around the heavy mug, the warmth from the cup just shy of burning my hands as the air from the space heater takes on the office.  I think about the toddler who woke up at 4am [...]

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This isn’t all I am

October 5, 2011

Sometimes I love this space. Hard. I love that I can connect with other mothers who I’d probably never cross paths with, stories I would never share, women I would never, otherwise know.  I love that I can share stories about my kids, post pictures for family and friends. Pictures and moments that I can [...]

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It’s not home

September 27, 2011

The room is big and nice. Nothing fancy. A big bed with a two-inch-thick comforter.  The kind that almost makes you want to run across the room and bounce on it.  The adjoining bathroom has sample-sized shampoos and lotions, which makes me happy because mine are still sitting on bathroom counter, at home.  I sigh [...]

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The Black Sheep

September 15, 2011

I never did care much for this part. For months I raised them. Fed them every day, made sure they had fresh water, talked to them. I helped in the barn – clipping tails, trimming hoofs and shearing wool. Most of my “help” was standing around watching and handing tools to my dad or Uncle [...]

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because it matters! (on giving back to your community)

September 15, 2011

  Thanks to Walgreens for sponsoring my writing. Help Walgreens help others! Visit their Facebook page here to learn about their charitable partners and decide which cause Walgreens will donate to with a quick vote. My first job out of college was for a non-profit organization and part of my job was raising money. Oh, [...]

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