Image credit: Photo by Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons "I hate that you don't have a blog," said a woman about to undergo heart surgery, as she gazed sincerely up at her boyfriend, "I hate that I don't know what you're thinking." Mark and I burst into raucous laughter and had [...]
Posts under ‘Jay’
Measuring Love
Image credit: Photo by tripp-e on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons My daughter Janie ran up to me today, curls bouncing and eyes sparkling, and exclaimed enthusiastically, "Mama, I love you the most of anyone!" Then she thought for a moment and (clearly not wanting to leave her other loved ones out of the picture) [...]
10 Random Things about Mama Me, Ah…
Image credit: Photo by Lattenwald on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons My friend Mama over at The Elmo Wallpaper riffed on the Facebook "25 Random Things" meme and started her own "10 Things" meme. She did 10 random things about herself as a mama, and while I think she'd be happy with any 10 things, [...]
Eureka! I Think I’ve Got It!
Image credit: Photo byCayusa on FlickrLicensed under Creative Commons My brilliant friend Jay at Two Women Blogging suggested a workaround for my dilemma with linking to my work at the Second Road: I could post there and then wait some period of time before reposting the content here with a link. Ah ha! That satisfies [...]
Ambulance Chasing
"When darkness fell, excitementkissed the crowd and it made them wildIn the atmosphere of freaky holiday."~Simon and Garfunkel, "Save the Life of my Child" Image credit: Photo byfreefotouk on Flickr When I was working my very first real job out of college, a man walked in to a building down the street from my office. [...]
God
Photo credit: métrogirl on Flickr I've been meaning to write for some time about God -- about coming to accept the word "God" and about some recent moments when I've felt close to "God" -- but I'm having the same problem I had talking with my daughter. I'm having a hard time saying what God [...]
Riding the Vomit Comet
My son got off the bus yesterday, walked into the house and covered his mouth with his hands. I thought maybe a wiggly tooth had come out, but when pressed to tell Mama what was wrong, the response was the dreaded, "I think I'm going to throw up." Twelve hours, several loads of laundry and [...]
A Brief Vacation with Imaginary Friends
This weekend, I traveled several thousand miles to attend a party thrown by my friend Ellie. Ellie and I have known each other for about seven years now, and she is one of the dearest friends I have in my whole life. We've spent many late nights on the phone together and exchanged countless e-mails. [...]
I’m Up and Coming!
McEwen over at Whitterer on Autism (which is my husband's absolute, hands-down favorite blog, and is one of mine too, even though we all know that I don't actually pick favorites) has honored me with the Break Out Blogger Award. This award, to quote the creators, "casts a spotlight on bloggers who are just beginning [...]
Sex, Lies and a Haircut Given by a Cat
A few years ago, my friend Jay and I were having a conversation with another friend, who wanted some advice on how to handle a lie her children had told. It was one of those cute, funny kid stories; well, ok, the kind that is cute and funny when it's done by someone else's kid, [...]
