Christmas 2010
Heading to Greenville, NC for Christmas this year – can’t wait!
Christmas 2010
December 11th, 2010Organized Chaos
July 3rd, 2008Life with three young children is best summed up as unpredictable. My best laid plans for each day seldom make it past breakfast without modification. Temper tantrums, boo boo’s, urgent needs, playdates, naps (and lack thereof), doctor appointments, spontaneous requests from precious and pleading faces, refereeing squabbles, accidents, and random snuggle needs are the usual culprits for derailment of Mommy’s productivity. At the end of any given day if I can check 4 things off my to do list, there is cause for celebration. But experience has already shown me that these years will pass all too fast so despite the frustration, I take several deep breaths a day and then open up my arms for priceless hugs.
i am weak for my daughter
June 30th, 2008this week we had to say good bye to some neighbors that we truly loved. they only lived in our neighborhood for a couple of years but a real bond was born. it was hard to hear that they were moving but even harder for me to understand why… why it was effecting me so.
on sunday i realized why it bothered me that they were leaving. first that we were losing friends that we sincerely cared about. i understand that we are not really ‘losing’ their friendship we are just losing their companionship. second, i realized without them my family was going to lose a piece of joy that has been a staple in our lives since we met.
in so many ways this family brought joy to our household but a major source of joy came from their son. over time this joy was noticed by my daughter. over time my daughter grew to like their son. over time my daughter grew to love their son. over time their son turned into the twinkle in my daughter’s eye.
my daughter is probably too young to understand and too young to be sad however i am not. i’m sad that this family has moved away but even sadder to realize that my little girl’s neighborhood friend and best friend has moved away. how will we walk through the neighborhood without her asking about JT? how will we have friends over without her asking about JT? what will happen when we start school in the fall without JT? when will i see that incredible glow from my little girl when she screams ‘JOHN THOMAS!’. today i am weak for my daughter.
iblog
June 30th, 2008Last night I decided to start a blog on my web site. I’m not exactly sure how I’m gong to use this but I thought I would try it out!