Dear Grandma
June 26th, 2010
Dear Grandma,
I can’t believe you are gone. I don’t know if you even realized how much of an influence you had over me, over all of us. There are so many things I want you to know before you really go. Though I no longer am sure that I believe in the [...]
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Time is a Bitch…and she’s HERE NOW
May 17th, 2010
My oldest kid is getting ready to graduate. There is so much to do that I’m getting buried and overwhelmed. I’ve started this monster thing by planning an open house for her. How am I supposed to feed dozens of people when I can’t even feed my family without major head-scratching? [...]
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Am I Still Here?
July 29th, 2009
I ask myself this all the time as my life has become a swirl of long, wakeful nights intermingled with short, sleepy days off. Since March I’ve been working three twelve-hour night shifts as a clinical coordinator (supervisor) and coming home, trying to meld myself back into the day shift mom I have to be [...]
Filed under Birth, Career, Love, Motherhood
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Food Love
January 25th, 2009
My husband and I went on a date last night. We’ve accumulated some gift cards for Ruth’s Chris Steak House and have deserved a night out for a long time. I had never been to Ruth’s Chris but my husband assured me that I would definitely love it. My first bite of filet was beautiful. [...]
Filed under Drinking, Etienne, Food, Love
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In the Land of Women
January 17th, 2009
This was one of the perfect moments in life to watch this movie. Of course I don’t know what other perfect moments there will be in my own life for this story but in this particularly perfect moment there was #1 and I alone on the couch for the evening. This doesn’t happen often because [...]
Filed under Death, Love, Motherhood, Womanhood
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Kathie
August 13th, 2005
Tonight I was putting away some jewelry and saw a special piece of paper poking out of the bottom. I rarely take it out and look at it becuase I can’t read it without crying. Before I tell you about the paper, let me tell you about my Aunt Kathie. I met Aunt Kathie when [...]
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