Ok, maybe it dates me that I can remember that tune that played out on television…”My buddy, my BUDdy, My buddy and me can climb up a tree, my buddy and me are the best friends we can be~~ My buddy and me” I wish I could turn the picture for you…but editing isn’t letting me. Anyway,…
Category Archives: Day In And Day Out
No Children Allowed!
Have you read this article yet? (I’ll give you a minute…) I’m infertile. Sometimes, I watch people with babies, and I get extremely jealous. Other times, I watch with sheer joy–because a child means life…the future. Because I cannot have children…that doesn’t mean that I want to avoid them at all costs. Also, I don’t…
Unconditional Love: Give It … Get It
The gift of love with no strings attached. It is not something that comes easy for a parent. But you can rest assured that if you can GIVE IT then you will GET IT in return.
You Are Not Invisible
We stand next to the row of tables Women with books clenched to hearts Eager to meet her To ask her familiar scribbles on the inside cover After a speech that touched lives. I stand, joyful, eager to thank her For words that leaped from pages Changed me – showed me – life can be…
The Words That Matter Most
I remember the exact moment I got the news, when my world stopped and for the moment -nothing else mattered. I remember the way the doctor led us across the recovery room and into the makeshift office of the medical tech I saw scurrying away. Some guy who, at the doctors urging, left so fast,…
Why Yes, I DO Celebrate Milestones
No brainer, right? We all strive for milestones in ANY of our children, be it our special needs children or “typically developing” children. In our family, we are pretty big on celebrating milestones, no matter how small. With Lauren, it was obviously different. She was our first. We celebrated MAJOR milestones (or at least major…
Three Little Fishies in an Itty Bitty Pool
104 degrees! Luckily, I have a nice, little, hard-walled backyard pool — 15′ round by 3 1/2′ deep — that we put up and take down every year. And every year, Sarge wants to set it up at the curb instead of in our yard. He hates our little pool! He wants a BIG, semi-in-ground pool. Yeah, me…
Old school still stings…
I don’t have to tell anyone, I don’t think, about how HOT it’s been this week. As I said before I’m a facebooker too, and sometimes my saturday posts get away from me, sorry. Some days blend into the next, but I digress. My father’s family has all kind of “drifted” apart (not saying that…
Struggles..
We’re moving. It’s actually, really happening (after 4 years of crying about it!). My husband and I have been married for almost 14 years. This will make our 8th move. We’re professional movers. We have it down to a science. I can pack and unpack a house in record time. Only, this time, I’m struggling!…
Raising Cheerleaders
I am about as introverted as people come. I am also chronically clumsy, and average looking at best. I was never cheerleader material. I wasn’t even interested. It never mattered until a couple of years ago when my husband and I were blessed to sit in on a behavior management class, which we desperately needed….