I have changed my househunting priorities. It took some doing to get me to this point — six months of fruitless searching and some rather pointedly straight talk from family and a few friends — but I have finally got it through my thick head that what I am looking for doesn’t exist in this [...]
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Gratitude 55
Posted in Gratitude, Motherhood, Observations of Life, Prayer, Who am I?, tagged Children, Family, Health, husband, kids, Life, Personal on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I am grateful for: The fact that I am not sitting up sleepless, worried about my children’s health as so many other parents are tonight. That I know my husband loves me and that I love him. That I have the support of my family to call on, and that they are always happy [...]
Gratitude 54, My Mother
Posted in Gratitude, My mother, Observations of Life, Prayer, Who am I?, tagged babysitting, cancer, Family, karaoke, Life, Love, mother, operation, Personal, skin cancer on July 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today I am grateful for: The fact that the operation to remove my mother’s cancer today went well (I think… she didn’t elaborate much). That she and I (and the girls) were able to meet for a coffee afterward and a nice walk around town. That she offered to babysit tonight so M and I [...]
Gratitude 53
Posted in Gratitude, Motherhood, Observations of Life, Prayer, Who am I?, tagged alarm, Blessed Sacrament, Catholic, househunting, husband, Moving, real estate, waking up on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I am grateful for: That this house has not sold while we continue to look for a place to live. I am hunting like mad, I am lowering expectations and widening my criteria by the day, but still we’ve not found a place. I’m no longer looking for someplace I like, just for someplace [...]
Gratitude 52, Bad Day
Posted in Failure, Gratitude, It happens to an Expat, Making our move, Observations of Life, Prayer, Repatting, Who am I?, tagged bad day, husband, Life, nap, Personal, second chance, Sleep on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I am grateful for: The support of my husband when I am feeling weak. A mid-afternoon nap to make up for lost sleep. That the morning brings a chance to begin again.
The Truck that went Crunch on the Road to Freedom
Posted in Making our move, Observations of America, Observations of Life, Repatting, Uncategorized, tagged car, cars, husband, Life, parking, Personal, transport, truck, trucks, Work on July 27, 2008 | 6 Comments »
“I’ll just go out and pull the truck up onto the driveway,” was what M said this afternoon, as light and breezy as anything. He was feeling much better now that he had his van. When he rang me from work yesterday, his voice was decidedly shaky — part uncertainty, part irritation, part plain old [...]
Gratitude 51
Posted in Gratitude, It happens to an Expat, Making our move, Motherhood, Observations of Life, Prayer, Repatting, Who am I?, tagged apology, Children, Family, forgiveness, healing, husband, kids, kindness, kiss, lesson, Life, Parenting, Personal, strangers on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I am grateful for: The kindness of strangers when we found ourselves in a pickle. The forgiveness of my husband when I didn’t handle the stress so well and snapped (quite badly) at him. The healing of an apology and a kiss, and the fact that my daughters witnessed it as a lesson.
Gratitude 50, Quiet, Fresh, and Satisfying
Posted in Gratitude, Motherhood, Observations of America, Observations of Life, Prayer, Who am I?, tagged Children, Family, husband, kids, Life, nap, Parenting, Personal on July 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I am grateful for: The absolute silence of two exhausted little girls napping, after having worn themselves out in the park. That lovely fresh feeling that you get from a cool shower, after being sticky and sweaty in the mid-day heat. The satisfaction of stepping out into the cool night air for a quick [...]
Gratitude 49
Posted in Gratitude, Observations of Life, Prayer, Who am I? on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I am grateful for: The fact that pasta is on the E2-approved list! The fact that when M got home tonight with a sore head and a desire to behave like a bear, he rose above it and made a real effort to be cheery and to get on with the million things that [...]
Mutilation for Motivation
Posted in Motherhood, Observations of Life, Who am I?, tagged Children, Family, kids, Life, motivation, Parenting, Personal, toddler on July 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today I discovered how to use the horrors of physical dismemberment to motivate a small child. Last night, M showed E1 that old trick where you take the end of your thumb ‘off’ and then put it back on again (if you’ve never seen this, I don’t think I can adequately describe it, but suffice [...]
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