What it’s like to be me
This is a short post I wrote March of this last year. Thought I would share it now: The whining, the real tears, the uncontrollable laughter then screaming. And then today my son bite me. Yes he just took a giant bite out of my second toe. To be fair, it is one with a…
I wrote this awhile ago but it stands true today as well. L I see you. I see you putting away laundry, doing the dishes, taking out the trash, checking the mail. I see you bringing me coffee, checking in on me, saying hi then giving me space. I know that in that time you…
When I was traveling through the Middle East on my semester abroad, there was one phrase that stuck with me “Inshallah”. Translated into English it is close to “God willing or God's will be done”. It was used in any conversation about the future: before or after a plan was made. For example: "I will…
L and I have our 7 year anniversary coming up and we are very much looking forward to an evening without bedtime routine and a morning without toddler’s demands. But this happens once, maybe twice a year if we are lucky. So L and I choose one day a month as our date day. We…
Last year Z was very unsure about the snow. I got some pretty sad looking pictures of my little man all bundled up and crying because I placed him in the snow. Well, I was really hoping by our next winter he would be more interested. We talked about the snow and got all excited-he…
It was July, L and I were standing in the kitchen, on opposite sides of the counter looking down at the big hanging calendar between us. A monthly activity I come to with excitement and dread. I had my pen in hand ready to reviewed and schedule each week. It had been a stressful and…
Our culture makes it increasingly difficult to be present-it's so future go -go -go oriented. Doesn't take much to realize this. Just head to the grocery store. It was the fourth week of September, I had noticed a silly faced pumpkin trick or treat container that I wanted to get for Z. When I got…
It was hard for Z and I to let go of our summer play-dates. It was made easier knowing September meant starting preschool activities again. We began this year with Geology or as I told Z: rocks. Preschool play-dates started with rock hunts outside. With our new collection, we talked about shapes, sizes, colors,…
Looking back on January, it was a month of regrouping from the holidays. Of course Z enjoyed this cold season playing inside with his new toys. In this time, I was beginning to see Z needed more structured creative play options including coloring and sensory bins. Papa made Z a stand for Christmas. Z was…
Every morning last spring my little man bounced from one toy to the next; looking for something to take his full attention to. When he couldn’t find something to challenge him, he would come to me. Toys strewn across the house and a toddler at my heel I was at a lost. I talked to…
