Me: “Lincoln, do you want to go to time out?” Lincoln: “Let’s goooooo!!!!!!” Not quite the reaction I was hoping for. The truth is that many of my days are spent in conversations similar to this one where I’m trying to communicate with and discipline a 21-month-old. There is a battle that goes on daily… Continue reading Honesty
Sometimes I think the main lesson of motherhood is learning to manage expectations. How old is my child, and what should I expect of him at this age? What should I expect from life in general? Maybe the most dangerous thing is having unrealistic expectations as you go into daily life with a baby/toddler/child/spouse. I… Continue reading Oh Christmas Tree
After six long weeks of waiting, we finally got the call that Mike had been accepted into the transplant program at Florida Hospital today. There’s nothing more emotionally confusing than being excited about a transplant. I really hate that the next several months are going to be filled with trips to the hospital and a… Continue reading The Road to Transplant
From Dear Baby Blog “Despite the exhaustion and the mess and the occasional tears, every morning I wake up feeling so grateful to have these days with my family. I am most certain when I am a very old lady, I will look back on these few months with such fondness. These days, I am truly… Continue reading These Days, I am Truly Living
There was just no way to make this post any shorter. I tried. So if you’re at all interested, you might want to grab some coffee and settle in for a few minutes. There was a time in my life when I didn’t know what a nephrologist was. When I couldn’t have told you the… Continue reading One Year of CKD
I recently came across a book about family & parenting called, “Living With Less So Your Family Has More”. I’ll be perfectly honest. I haven’t really read any parenting books. Oops. I feel like most of the books out there are just going to make me second guess my God-given mommy instincts and even make… Continue reading Living with Less: Part One
That sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach kept showing up again. The same one always returns when there’s anything regarding Mike’s health coming up. We have to go see his specialist every three to four months. The problem with this interval is that just about the time you start to feel normal again… Continue reading Perspective
Just an update on how I’ve been doing with my 2011 goals. Gotta stay accountable, right? 1. Be more organized – Woohoo! It sounds simple, cliche & lame, but here’s the deal. In 2007, I went back to college. In 2008, I started a business while still in college commuting about 10 hours a week… Continue reading So Far, So Good
It was only January 4th, and I already found myself struggling to keep my happy, hopeful new year attitude. All it takes is one or two annoying phone calls and a fussy baby to get me off track sometimes. Thankfully I decided to keep my promise to read my Bible every night, and this is… Continue reading Joy
So you’re probably totally over reading and hearing about people’s resolutions and goals for the new year. If that’s the case, you can just click away, because that’s exactly what this post is. I love to make lists. And I love to check things off. So resolution making is right up my alley. The only… Continue reading I think I can, I think I can
