“Sperm.” “What did you just say?” “Sperm” “Do you even know what that is?” “Yes. Â It fertilizes the egg and creates a baby. Â Mommy… grab that book,” pointing at one of his many science books. Â I hand him the book, he opens it to a page and points at the crotch of the male drawing, […]
Behind the Scenes of Birthing Day (#26)
It’s okay, don’t let the title scare you. There won’t be any gross pictures. Promise. Today, I’m keeping it light. And real. And I’m not holding back. Wait, I don’t really do that anyway, hold back. Anyhoo – ten years ago today, I had my only child, Noah. I am an avid reader and my […]
Sometimes You Have to Say No to Say Yes (#27)
Sometimes, you have to say No to the rest of the world, to say Yes to yourself. As a woman, as a mother – we often give to others completely and consistently, before we give to ourselves. This has been one of the things that has been hardest to teach myself. To at times…put myself […]
Making Memories with Noah (#28)
What. A. Day. What a GREAT day! Today was Noah’s birthday party – and more memories were made! On Monday, he’ll be into the double digits, but today was his party with family and friends. It has been a long and tiring week heading up to it. Planning, cleaning, putting together party favors, etc. Since […]
Making Memories with Mom (#29)
My mom is better than your mom. Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. Okay, okay. I realize this is all relative (pun intended), but I really do have the best mom. Tomorrow is Noah’s 10th birthday party. And it’s kind of a big deal. Because he’s kind of a big deal. Duh. I am in my […]
Dude Tube (#30)
So what is it about dudes and the Tube. You Tube that is. Why do they like to watch RE-DONK-U-LOUS videos on You Tube or shows like Tosh.O of people puking, squeezing ginormous pimples, jumping off buildings and other stupids stunts. What. A. Waste. Of. Time. There are so many other things they could be doing […]
Has Anyone Seen My Creativity? (#31)
Ruh Roh. Writer’s block. Don’t know what to write about. Remember how I just said in a previous post that I wasn’t planning out themes for writing because that felt like too much work…and because I wanted to write about what was on my mind, when I sat down to write? Problem is, I’m not […]
Spanx and Spaghetti (#32)
A good friend recently asked me if I have themes planned out for this 40 to 40 blog series. The answer is no. Sure, I get ideas for future posts and write them down. But when I decided to do this series – one of the things that was really important to me was to […]
Chasing Dragonflies & Catching Frogs (#34)
Call it coincidence, superstition or foresight. An accident or an intention. In any case, I call it a whisper from God. About a week or two ago, I saw a dragonfly. I didn’t think much of it at the time, but I do remember thinking that it had been quite a while since I had […]