category: Mushy
Seven
August 27, 2010"My baby is seven today. SEVEN. When you were six, I could still think, I have babies. The baby is gone now. I look at you now, and remember what you were like as a baby, a toddler, a preschooler. But he is seven now, and seven is no longer baby. This has been a good [...]"
The Gulf
July 06, 2010"I watched my children play in the sand while a storm came in, never quite reached us, but left us a rainbow that spanned the trees and the beach and gulf, all the way to the horizon. I listened as my children discussed whether the pot of gold was in the forest or in the [...]"
I Didn’t Even Know I Wanted It Until It Was On My Finger
July 01, 2010"I just spent an hour on hands and knees, scouring the floor for the diamond from my engagement ring. The big middle one, of course. Little side guys are still intact. I am pretty sure that I had it this morning, because i think i would have noticed the empty setting, or it would have [...]"
Nephew Love
June 28, 2010"My in-laws are comin’! Running around like a chicken with my head cut off, but needed to post a little something this morning about my favorite nephew. He turned two and we attended his birthday party on Saturday. How can he be two? Seems like just yesterday I held him for the first time. I [...]"
Snug as Two Bugs in a Rug
June 18, 2010"They were fighting five minutes before this and not five minutes after, but for a few moments this morning, my kiddos were snug as two bugs in a rug. Share/Save"
A Song For Daddy, In New York
May 24, 2010"Tiller asked me today, when we were laying on the bed reading after a day of waterlogging ourselves at the pool, “Mama? Where is Daddy? Is he lost?” He is out of town on business. So, we texted back and forth with Daddy for a while, and then she wanted to send him a song. So, [...]"
Tiller at Music Program
May 21, 2010"Tiller had her music program today. I was on the verge of tears the whole time. I sat over on the side, but about three rows back from the altar, and she ended up standing on the very end, closest to me, and she knew exactly where I was, because i happened to sit right [...]"
This Kid’s Got Heart
April 30, 2010"Lots of heart. She just came up to me with this and said, “I made this for you, mama.” Share/Save"
Aw, HELLs Yeah!
April 29, 2010"Just received this in an email from what I thought was my children’s deadbeat Dad, on the lam in NYC. Subject: Uh Oh Message: Whaaaaat’s This???? I guess maybe he really was working. . . or else he was very. very. bad. Share/Save"
To the Best Boy a Girl Ever Met In a Bar
April 28, 2010"We met at the Fountainhead. Later, you told me you remembered me being blond! The Fountainhead isn’t there anymore. We met for drinks the next week at The Stein Club. Gone. That Indian place in Midtown where we met Katie and Judy for dinner? Gone. Three pets, three houses, two kids later, and we’re still [...]"
