My daughter has taken to grasping onto things. Today, during yoga, it was my ponytail. Which made for quite the interesting Cat/Cow situation. She’s very tactile, And loves to feel things, to grab things, to hold things and to touch things at all times. But, nothing compares to her most favorite object to grab, My beloved Twinkle necklace. Interestingly enough, little does ...
The Story of Us–Chapter 3
So, back to the day I cut him off, It took a few weeks, but my mom and I remembered something very interesting about that psychologist’s driveway. When she used to drive me to my therapy appointments, there was always this cute older guy from my school who went in before me. He drove a white car with ...
The Story of Us–Chapter 2
In case you've gotten a little too holiday happy and missed Chapter 1 of this story There I was, staring face to face, with this familiar face, feeling my heart sink into my feet. So, of course, I did the obvious thing. I sped away. When I was safely out of sight, I pulled over and, Of course, did the next obvious ...
The Story of Us–Chapter 1
I have mentioned before that my husband first appeared in my life long before he was, Well, Mine. In fact, the origins of our paths crossing dates back over twenty-some years, When we attended the same nursery school. And then attended the same preschool. And then the same elementary school. And then the same middle school. And then the same high school. I ...
a Name is a Name is a Name
I’m feeling a bit sentimental. We will be heading down to the shore for the Holiday weekend, And I can’t help but to think About the road that got us Here. Pardon the cliché, but it truly does feel like yesterday that my husband and I were spending our first summer together Down the shore, The days when we would sit on ...
Once Upon a Time
"On the night you were born, the moon smiled with such wonder that the stars peeked in to see you and the night wind whispered, "Life will never be the same." Because there had never been anyone like you... ever in the world. ... If the moon stays up until morning one day, or a ladybug lands and decides to stay, ...
slumber party
Sweet sleep. I can remember the days of sleeping on my very own schedule, in my very own bed, to my very own heart's desire. That changed once we expanded our family. And I'm not talking about when we had a baby. No, our sleep has not been our own since we brought home our first child, an extremely rare ...
save the date
So, yesterday, my husband I were chatting. I asked him about our baby's first birthday party. You know, our baby, who just turned 10-weeks-old... I was only kidding around! Well, kinda. I may be crazy But I'm not THAT kind of crazy. Anyway, I was just daydreaming about our little girl, her hands and face covered in globs of pink cupcake icing, with a giant "1" ...
just like ripping off a bandaid
Today, my daughter was vaccinated. She had her two-month-checkup, And was given her first round of shots. Not easy on baby. Definitely not easy on mommy. I paced nervously around the doctor’s office. I sang to her. Loudly. I belted out tunes from “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Little Mermaid”, Not caring who heard me. I had to drown out the noise of my ...
sweethearts forever
I have a confession to make— I chose my wedding song before I got engaged. In fact, it was before I even met my husband. I chose the song that we would dance our first dance to, Not realizing, mind you, that the man I would be dancing that first dance with was riding the same yellow school bus as ...
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