of life lived in a house full of flu. Okay, in reality, the flu seems only to have hit a few of us, but if mama has the flu, the world should stop, right? Here are just a few images from the past couple of weeks and the thoughts that go with them: Y'all, I still just don't get it. Every mother in the pediatrician's office is trying to keep little hands off flu-infested things, and THIS is ...
Motherhood
I’m thinking….
I'm thinking. I'm thinking.... Do you remember being in high school English class, staring at a blank journal page that needed to be filled and feeling completely clueless about what you should write? "Just write something," teachers say. So, since I've been staring at my blog in much the same way lately, I've finally told myself the same thing. Writer's block. I'm pretty sure that ...
What the new year looks like….
I've heard it said that whatever you're doing on New Year's is what you'll be doing all year, and to be honest, this week, I had a few moments of hoping that wasn't true. Because this is what we've been doing this week: RSV, bronchitis and a touch of a stomach flu. All in one house. All in one week. Needless to say, I haven't slept since before Christmas. But, at 4 a.m., when I was ...
A cup of coffee and an attitude check….
This has been one of those mornings. The kind of morning that leaves me thinking that "school," any "school," would be better than homeschool. I'm just being honest here. I sent my little scholar right up to her room after poor effort and the attitude it reflected got the better of me. So, I sat down with a piece of dark chocolate and a frothy cup of coffee and took stock. Not just of her ...