Things That Make Me Feel Old

March 28th, 2010
So my oldest daughter is graduating from high school soon. She’s amazing, we’re proud, she’s going to college, blah, blah, blah. All of this progression is making me feel old. It must be coincidental that several other things are making me feel old as of late, right? I’m sure it has [...] Filed under Family, Motherhood, Womanhood | Tags: , | Comment (1)

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 | Tags: , , , | Comments (2)

Condoms, bananas and Led Zeppelin

March 7th, 2009
So, #1 had her first official date last night.  I can’t recall ever being as nervous about letting her go somewhere.  All I could think about was what it felt like the first time a boy touched me anywhere on my body and the endless front-seat-of-his-car makeout sessions in my parents’ driveway. It’s not that I [...] Filed under Motherhood, Sex | Tags: , , , | Comments (3)

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 | Tags: , , , | Comment (0)

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 [...] Filed under Death, Family, Love, Motherhood, Uncategorized | Comment (0)

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