Summer vacation is hell. We started off on the right foot. There were projects and outings and waaaaaay too many movies…and then we had to go to bed and figure out something new and exciting for Day 2. I’m going out of my mind. I’m starting to appreciate a little something I have always loathed … Continue reading Summer. Yay.
Category: Parenting and Family
Let’s Paint A Memory
The street is cobblestone...pretty, yet inconvenient for weary little feet and stroller wheels. It's been a long morning. Breakfast was nice, sitting at an outdoor cafe on the street overlooking mountains, sipping freshly squeezed orange juice and laughing just because...and then walking along the road with all the shops, pretending to be first time tourists visiting … Continue reading Let’s Paint A Memory
Mother, May I?
Seven years. It's been seven years since I had some time that could be mine to do with as I please. The routine of my life consisted of pregnancies, depression, births, newborns, infants, toddlers and learning to nap when I got a chance. By the time my daughter turned three, my son was born. We … Continue reading Mother, May I?
As The Candle Burns
My mother calls and brings it up before I do. “It’s tonight…I’ve been thinking about it…remembering….” I choke back a sob. “Yes. It is tonight. And I’m sad…” I fall apart. I tell her the thoughts I have. She listens, she shares and she hurts with me. I feel something shift. The depression lifts and … Continue reading As The Candle Burns
The Day I Die
The house is quiet. I sort the laundry wash the dishes change the linens organize the closets prepare the food make a list and try, try try try not to think. But here I am. Thinking. * Last night I had a dream. Someone died in my dream. Someone close enough to me that I … Continue reading The Day I Die
Colloquially Speaking 