I Need a Minute

She scared the hell out of us, those first few days. They called it a stroke.They saw her seizing in the nursery.Just 4 days in the NICU.But the seed of a lifetime of worry was already blossoming. I have been with her for every second. I have watched her every breath, every move.I monitored each milestone…

And off he goes, my second born. My first boy. The one who begged for me to rock him to sleep.  The one who nursed the longest. A true mama’s boy. My little buddy. He was there for me when my first went off. He was there for me when the 3rd came home. Close…

As Peter’s first birthday approached, my hormones were on high alert. My 3rd baby was turning one. As endless as the first couple months with a newborn might seem, the first year somehow flies by. With each child, the first year is faster because you are so busy you hardly have time to catch your…

Oops, I did it again. I self published a book without much preparation or following any real guidelines at all. When the new year began, I had been toying with the idea of a spring release of another self-published piece. I had quite a few poems done and thought if I hunkered down and pounded…