It is the last day of 2014. If I haven't mentioned it before, it has been quite the year. So, this morning, I rummaged the back of the drawer in my bedroom in search of something that I have not seen for two and a half years; my journal. I bought my journal from Borders, when it ...
Yesterday was a big day. My son woke up late, as a treat, and my daughter followed me into his room to change his morning diaper. "Today is the day!" she beamed. "I know! Today is the cookie party!" I answered, referring to our plans for the special Pollyanna party with our best friends. "No!" She cried. "Today, Bubbie ...
"Mom, look! Look at the sky!" It was not even seven o'clock this morning, but my daughter's excitement was palpable. She grabbed my phone, ran to the window and snapped this shot. I did not edit this picture at all; I did not filter it through a special lens on my phone nor did I touch it up in ...
...the end is where we start from." T.S. Eliot Welcome to www.MommyEverAfter.com. It is so nice to have you. Here, let me make you comfortable. For the past four and a half years I have spent every day hanging out at a simple, static, steadfast site over on Wordpress. Mommy, Ever After started when I was the new mother of a ...
When we left off, I was being wheeled into the OR in the afternoon for a surprise C-Section, 4 days early, at 38.5 weeks and scared as hell. I am a very superstitious person and look for signs all around me. During the scary, unknown part of my first unexpected C-Section with my daughter, I was feeling helpless and ...
This is the story of some folks. You see, during times of great change or excitement, some folks handle their feelings (of being anxious, overwhelmed, excited, ill-prepared) by doing things like making lists, crafting spreadsheets, seeking therapy or running Marathons. Some folks, when faced with an upcoming vacation and big move that just so happen to be happening back ...
said he. "Do you know how many stars the TV guide gave Something Borrowed?! One. I do not agree with that." Aaaaaaand. Need I say more?
1. My husband is out Happy-Hour-ing with his co-workers. 2. I'm at home nursing a cold.* 3. I've heard people say that honey is healing. I'm using that logic to justify my hoovering of peanut butter and honey by the spoonful. 4. Today, my daughter said, "Mommy, you look just like you. I look just like me." 5. I'm ...
I'd rank these 1 and 2.
This evening, as my husband was putting the baby to bed, I went down to the basement to go through our belongings. I am cleaning things out because (gasp!) we are planning to move. But that's another story for another day. So in an effort to purge all things (I) deemed unnecessary, I took a few moments ...
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