The longer I’m a parent the more clearly I see the correlation between how I am living and how my family is thriving. Or not thriving. The longer the moniker MAMA is attached to me the more clear the meaning behind the (tweaked) quote: if mama aint healthy aint nobody healthy becomes. Im a [...]
A couple of months ago I stumbled upon this post at Mommalogues. I rarely visit the site yet when I saw a tweet containing the link/teaser below it caught my attention. What three words would your kid(s) use to describe you? For two reasons. First, it reminded me how long it had been since I [...]
Before I was a mom I assumed parents only stopped to think about what they wanted for their children on special days. I presumed on birthdays or graduations parents might ponder what kind of life they hoped their child would lead. Day-to-day, however, I erroneously assumed this concept was not in the forefront of parents’ [...]
When I reflect back on starting down my healthy living path it amazes me how much things have changed over (almost) twenty years. When I reflect back on starting down my healthy living path it’s astonishing to me how little existed at that time to help us women begin & maintain healthy lifestyles. I remember [...]
The show on Sunday was fantastic. The rehearsal on Saturday? Not so much. I could ramble on and on about precisely why (the podium felt weird, reading from a binder felt wonky blather blather blather), but the only important point is I left the rehearsal wishing I could back out. I felt panicked in a [...]
Oh people. I love me some Dr. Oz, but Ive been burned before. Allow me to elaborate. I used to HEART me some Dr. Phil. Back in the day, when he was merely an occasional guest on the Oprah Show, I was completely smitten with that man. Id Dr. Phil myself myriad times a [...]
Today it is eight months since the Tornado started the Garten of the Kinder. Some days it feels as though she’s always been in school, but most days I still miss my sidekick. I pine (yep. dropping the p-word.) so much I had a fleeting notion we mightcould need more children up in herre. [...]
To know me (I typically add “in real life” here, but this time Im fairly certain I held it together notsomuch online either) is to know I’ve struggled recently. I havent been myself. Instead of leaping out of bed excitedly to greet the day—Ive dragged my sorry ass up & to the coffee maker whining [...]
Monday was great. Rejuvenating. Hanging out with The Tornado/her friends and just *laughing* with moms I didn’t know well before yesterday. For this misfit who can work too much & verge on being a hermit it was a *very* welcome weekday change. Ill spare you the majority of the conversation details (oooh forshadowing! hints of [...]
Anyone else recall the (late 70′s) commercial where two women compare the tops of their hands & the chronologically OLDER is proud to possess “younger looking hands” all thanks to XYZ product? Was it Palmolive?! Anyway… I somehow internalized way.back.then. my age would always be revealed by the state of my ‘hand skin. I also [...]
Monday, May 21, 2012
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