It's Friday, and five minutes is about all I have these days so I thought I'd join the Gypsy Mama and write with all I've got in the time I've got. Jump on over there and join us! One-handed typing is welcome. Can you tell? Today's topic? Enough. Here goes: Sometimes I feel I’m drowning in a sea of dirty diapers, the scent of spit up hanging heavy in the air. I feed, burp, ...
Motherhood
Notes from Nana: Pondering Life
Do you ever get an idea or the memory of an experience on your mind and think about it awhile? A Super-moon like a bright spotlight through our bedroom window. A picture of peaches on a country porch swing. Singing “Holy, Holy, Holy” with church family. A pink and white lily floating on a green pad in a pond. Sun shining on a cardinal’s wings on our feeder. “Our ...
It’s Friday, and I have an announcement to make:
I have ankles! Please take just a moment to celebrate with me. Truthfully, I didn't swell very much during this pregnancy, and I was thankful every day for it (been there, done that, you know?). After the babies were born (and I had about 10 bags of fluids pumped into me at the hospital), however, one of my feet in particular was very swollen...almost painfully so. It's back to normal now, ...
You have to love kids….
One of mine looked at me the other day and said (with great enthusiasm and a huge smile on her face), "Mom! Your tummy looks like you JUST found out you were having a baby!" Ummm...thanks? Since our twins were only about a week old, I let it slide with a smile until.... I spilled a glass of tea on the table at lunch time, and in response to my saying that I had no idea how that happened, ...