Here are a few of the spectacularly convenient events that happened my first month of not working. Malachi had his first trip to the emergency room to get his forehead glued back together and then was sick for 5 days. Hads got croup. Our dryer went out. (I successfully fixed it last year, but this time … Continue reading Open Heaven’s Windows!
I found myself looking down at my feet with sadness in my heart as reality set in that I was standing in a puddle of chicken and noodles. It wasn’t a bowl of chicken and noodles that my kids had dropped…or a tupperware full of this goodness. NO! It was an entire crockpot of happiness … Continue reading When Crockpots Crumble
Most days start normal and end normal. Hints the word normal. Other days start normal and end in the ER with you wondering what your daughter-in-law will think about your son’s scar in 25 years. I’ve always had this goal of wanting to be a fantastic mother-in-law. Yes, I want to be a great mother, … Continue reading Fiercely Loved
Eight minutes in…”Momma, I’m already skinny and my jeans button so how ’bout you just do the rest?” Note to self…never let a six year old choose your workout. I mean why wouldn’t she choose a 26 minute ab workout? I think it’s only fair that I have Rocky abs after that one. Last night, … Continue reading Mom-Life Shape
“I forgot the toilet paper.” I said yesterday before putting all of my kids’ coats back on to load them back in the car to retrieve the toilet paper I left sitting on the self-checkout counter. This morning I brushed Hads’ hair without her whining once. This afternoon as I was standing in the check-out … Continue reading Desire of My Heart
I woke up with a numb thumb on Sunday. I’m guessing it was from tweaking my wrist snowboarding the few days before. Or maybe it’s because I’m getting old and will begin developing strange ailments over the next 75 years. Who really knows? I’ve been gone from my job for 10 days now. I’m not … Continue reading It’s 2019 and life is different!
“She said I couldn’t bring my kid today…and I had to go get all this stuff…and I normally don’t cry…and I just found out I’m pregnant.” As I dropped diapers and wipes and a pillow and blanket in the middle of her living room floor. I entered into this woman’s life as a frazzled mess … Continue reading Oh Lisha!
Sometimes I don’t write because I have nothing to say. Sometimes I don’t write because I have way too many thoughts in my head to even begin to let them escape my mind. Sometimes I don’t write because I receive a “Domain Name Expiration Notice” and I’m too busy going back and forth about whether … Continue reading Identity – Uncertainty – Simplicity
About two months ago I told my supervisor I was leaving my job (at the end of the semester). I had prayed and thought and prayed and thought about all the reasons I should or shouldn’t. At the end of the day there was only one thing keeping me from throwing in the towel. Money. … Continue reading Mom! It snowed just for my birthday!
So for those of you who keep up with this blog, you will know a few friends and I started reading through the bible chronologically. We got a bit into Genesis and then jumped over to Job. Well that was interesting… (Warning: I’m sure you’re going to drastically change your opinion of me in a … Continue reading Well that was confusing.
