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Category: Life Posts

  • Good bye, dear Debra

    At the end of October, I was at home with the kids when I got a text from my brother Mike. It was a group message with my other 3 brothers. “Call Mom. Debra died.” “Omg,” I shouted out loud when I read it. I began to cry.  I ran to the stairs to tell…

  • Supermarket Shame

    Happy season of small children refusing coats in cold weather to all who celebrate! In the six years I have been a Mom, I have been fortunate enough to not really have any situations where a person is openly rude or mean to me when I am with my children. Sure, countless individuals have seen…

  • Back to School

    We had a great summer with the kids. Most days we were up and out, either at a playground or swimming in my parents’ pool. We also spent a handful of weekends at the beach. I purposefully did not put the big two in any kind of camp. This was the summer before our lives…

  • She Knows Where She’s Going

    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…