I've just returned from four days of camping...in the rain. Once your sleeping bag and pillow are a cold, wet, blob, you might as well pack it up and head home, except I couldn't. Twenty of us parents were in this for the long haul. I plastered a smile on my face, helped to dig trenches around flooded tents, hugged children who were … [Read more...]
Stockholm Syndrome
CAUTION : Irritated Mom. The following may contain less than loving comments. Any lack of adoration or joy is completely and wholly the truth. Can someone please tell me how I can share in one breath the joys and moment to moment delights of being a mom, and all of a sudden "BAM!" I can only see through eyes of irritation, frustration, and … [Read more...]
911 Help
“911 Emergency.” The voice on the other end of the phone was frantic. Words cracked as a mother relayed a desperate story. “My daughter Lisa just called me from home. She is wrapping Christmas gifts in her bedroom upstairs and thinks she heard someone come into the house. She can hear male voices downstairs. Her father and I are driving home from … [Read more...]
Five GREAT Things About the Stomach Flu
I consider the stomach flu to be a 21st Century plague. When six of us were living under one roof, I used to pray against this human plight. Nothing can cause a mother to jump higher out of bed (in a dead sleep), or get her heart racing faster than Nascar, like these five simple words: "Maawwwwmmmmm, I'M GONNA BE SICK!"For the first time in three … [Read more...]
The Attraction of Distraction
I’m easily distracted. Just ask my husband. My nickname is “Bright-Shiny-Thing”. It’s true. Whatever I begin, no matter how simple, I end up off course. The definition of distract means to draw away from or divert. No matter what is on my to-do list for the day, I struggle with being drawn away or diverted. When I became a mother, I went from being … [Read more...]
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