A New Chapter

Today, I sat down with two copies of a six page, double-sided document entitled “Junior Kindergarten Registration”. I carefully placed each set beside one another in front of me on the desk. I wrote down my children’s names and then proceeded to …

Saying Thank you and Goodbye

How to express feelings that are inexplicable? This past week we lost the matriarch of our family, my grandmother. I tried to write about it. But I can’t. Maybe too soon? I can only capture it in a series of thoughts …

Be happy for this moment…

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life. I love this quote. It is a great reminder to be grateful for the good, the bad and the okay in your everyday life.  It is within the everyday that …

Confessions of a SAHM

Disclaimer: I did not write this today. I actually wrote it one year ago! Don’t feel obligated to call and wish me well today…because today is a good (read: calm) day in our home!  Dedicated to: my friends who are …

There are two things in life which we are never truly prepared for…

There are two things in life which we are never truly prepared for: twins. – Josh Billings   Happy Third Birthday Max and Emma! Within ten minutes on August 6, 2011, my life changed in the most inexplicable way. My …

Perfect Little Legs

I was looking at my daughter the other day who seems to be looking more and more like me as each day passes…and I had a sinking feeling. The feeling was wrapped together in memories and flashbacks of me being …

Real happiness…

be more with less

When you were One Years Old, I wrote you a tear-stained letter…

When you were One Years Old, I wrote you a tear-stained letter… I was absolutely broken apart at the prospect of returning to work.  The night before I finished my maternity leave I crept into your room and picked you …

The Morphing Mother

According to Wikipedia: Morphing is a special effect in motion pictures and animations that changes (or morphs) one image into another through a seamless transition. Most often it is used to depict one person turning into another through technological means or as part of a fantasy or surreal sequence I have …