Yesterday I bought zucchini for the first time ever. It was quite emotional for me. It was one of those moments when an action takes on more meaning than was ever intended. Things got a little weird.
It’s not like I haven’t had zucchini before. I make wonderful zucchini bread. Sometimes [...]
It must have been about 10 years ago. It was before I had a youngest but I remember little white baby shoes in a well-worn lap. They were both sitting comfortably in a wheel chair and both were excited because chocolate pudding was on the dinner menu. I was listening to them talking and giggling [...]
Doctor that fixes broken hearts
Midwife in a under the sea laboratory
Artist
Rock Star
Hotel Tester
World traveler in a submarine
Tight Rope Walker in the Circus
Archeologist
Potter
Dog Groomer
Marine Veterinarian
There are so many things a child can grow up to be. The list above is a sample of the various career choices my children have considered in their collective 20 years. [...]
I was looking at the calendar today and noticed that there are only seven weeks before the start of the new school year. This isn’t something I normally care about, but this year is different. My oldest will heading off to middle school this year. I have mixed feelings about it. [...]
When my oldest was about four her grandfather told her not to step on cracks because it would break her mothers back. A few days later we were walking and I noticed her stepping on a crack in the sidewalk and then looking at me. A few feet later she stepped on another [...]
I have now officially celebrated my most recent 29th birthday. I must have gotten the mourning over with beforehand because I had a nice day. I made a mix titled ‘I’m getting freakin’ old’ so I could play it over and over on my iPod and commiserate but it didn’t make me sad. It made [...]
My sister-in-law called this morning to ask if I could watch my niece this evening. I told her sure. I love having my niece over. Then she told me why.
Their dog, Copper, was having problems walking and they took him to the vet. He has an aggressive form of bone cancer [...]
We were just about to fall asleep that night. It was the night before our anniversary and we were talking about our plans for the next few days. It wasn’t very different than any other night. Then the weirdest thought came into my head. I sat up just a little and [...]
We celebrated our Frozen Waffle anniversary this week. We spent the day of our anniversary in Richmond and the day after we took the kids to Kings Dominion. We had fun both days but riding the new roller coaster ‘The Dominator’ was a lot of fun. I’d rank it on the top [...]
Sometimes we get sliced honey roasted chicken breast from the deli. Some days, like most people, the girls make sandwiches out of it for lunch. Today would have been one of those days except for a small problem. There wasn’t enough sliced meat to make two sandwiches. There was only enough [...]
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