And now…

  • My Mothers Day Post

    All week long I’ve been reminding myself that I needed to make SURE I made a post about Mother’s Day. I mean, today IS Mother’s Day and my blog IS about being a mom right? My problem was that I couldn’t come up with anything sappy and corny to write about. After giving it much thought (ok, maybe 5… Read more

  • Stressed the Heck Out…

    It’s been a while since I’ve logged on to do some writing… Life has been CRAZY lately. Actually I’ll retract the work life and insert the word WORK. Work has been driving me absolutely insane. I’m an accountant. I went to school to become an accountant and am actually working on my Master’s degree with… Read more

  • Mama Bear…

    I was talking casually about my son to my (male) manager this morning and he told me that I was “one of those protective moms.” His tone wasn’t admiring or appreciative, the word “those” was kind of sneered. A million things crossed my mind to say back to him, instead I stood a little taller… Read more

  • Chance Encounter…

    I ran into two people at the walk Saturday who follow my blog. It was a pleasant surprise. One was referred to it by one of BJ’s primary nurses, Kristina. Nurse Kristina crossed the line from nurse to friend while BJ was still in the NICU and told her new primary about my blog. She… Read more

  • Marching Forward…

    Last Saturday was our March of Dimes walk. I thought this year I’d be able to keep my emotions in check a little better since we were one more year away from the NICU. But, it wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be. We arrived at the park at around 8:30 a full… Read more

  • Flowers for the living…

    A long time ago, I was part of a mentorship program that went to schools and mentored younger children. We did an exercise during the training for that program that has stuck with me for years. It was called flowers for the living. They picked a random few people to go up front and lay… Read more