Three times in the last five weeks… Three times! And that’s a lot really — I’m exhausted. Am I talking about sex? No. Dates with my husband? No. Attempts to start weight lifting again? Nope. Trips to the Emergency Room, that’s what I’m talking about. And those were just the (dubious) highlights — in between [...]
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I’m So Glad I am a Stay-at-Home Mother
Posted in Living with Allergies, Motherhood, Observations of Life, Prayer, Who am I?, tagged allergies, asthma, Children, ER, Family, Health, kids, Life, mothering, Parenting, Personal, SAHM, SAHP, stay at home mother on October 30, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Rise and Fall
Posted in Gratitude, Living with Allergies, Motherhood, My mother, Observations of Life, Prayer, tagged A&E, asthma, breathing, Children, croup, ER, Family, Health, hospital, kids, Life, parenthood, Parenting, Personal on September 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This time I spotted the signs much quicker — the belly breathing; the way the base of her neck caved in on the inhale; the listlessness, so much so that she was lying flattened on the floor and wouldn’t even lift her head — and I knew what to do. My mother held her [...]
Back To Black
Posted in Observations of Life, Prayer, Who am I?, tagged breast pain, diet, eating, Food, Health, Life, pain, Personal, soy, soya on July 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Sidelined by The Pain, I’ve been taken aback. After a year or more of a severely restricted diet that has kept me virtually pain-free, I’d nearly forgotten how disruptive — how debilitating — it is when it comes. But these past two weeks, it’s returned and been inexplicably growing and, today, has risen to a [...]
A Lie on Christmas Eve
Posted in Motherhood, Observations of Life, Prayer, Who am I?, tagged Children, Christmas, Christmas Eve, daughter, Family, FAther Christmas, gifts, honesty, kids, lie, lieing, Life, mother, mothering, Parenting, Personal, presents, Santa Claus on December 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At the last minute, my daughter has blown it. Unbeknownst to me, E1 went to bed last night with a blue crayon and, when I went into her room this morning, the first thing I spotted was her scribbled decoration all over the wall above her bed. I wanted to shout, I wanted to laugh [...]
The Meaning of the Day
Posted in It happens to an Expat, Making our move, Observations of America, Observations of Britain, Observations of Life, Prayer, Repatting, Who am I?, tagged Family, gratitude, holiday, Home, Life, Personal, thanksgiving on November 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I have spent the last fifteen years feeling like an oddity on this particular day. Every year, as Thanksgiving rolled around, I’d book the Thursday and Friday off work — it just felt wrong to spend those two days at my desk — and search high and low for a turkey in November (a what?), [...]
Forgiveness
Posted in Gratitude, It happens to an Expat, Making our move, My mother, Observations of Life, Prayer, Repatting, Who am I?, tagged Children, Family, husband, kids, Life, Love, Marriage, Motherhood, parenthood, Parenting, Personal, relationships, sick on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am supposed to be spending this week finalising any work we want done on the house before we move in (carpets cleaned, floors finished) and getting all the move-organisation done (movers, address-changing, utility installation), but I have been so sick that everything has ground to a halt. My throat is killing me, I can’t [...]
Burst of Glory
Posted in Observations of America, Observations of Life, Prayer, Repatting, tagged autumn, color, colour, fall, leaves, nature, trees on October 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Do you know, I had completely forgotten just how stunningly beautiful the autumn is over here! No matter what is going on (or going wrong) in my day, our lives, the world… nothing stops the seasons from changing, nothing stops the leaves from turning. The glory is there to see if we only open our [...]
Now I Lay Her Down to Sleep
Posted in Gratitude, Making our move, Observations of America, Observations of Britain, Observations of Life, Prayer, Repatting, Who am I?, tagged babies, baby, Children, danger, kids, Life, Parenting, Personal, safety, Sleep on August 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In all the emotion and confusion of moving and trying to get settled, it is easy to forget that — even though we have spent seven months living in a house furnished with only two chairs, a dining set, the girls’ cots, and our mattress on the floor, and even though our lives are still [...]
The Last Gratitude
Posted in Gratitude, Motherhood, Observations of Life, Prayer, Who am I?, tagged Blogging, Children, Family, Friends, Health, husband, kids, Life, Parenting, Personal, writer's block on August 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am going to stop posting my daily gratitudes on my blog. I’m not going to stop doing them, but I’m not going to post them on this blog anymore because I feel like they are stopping my other blogging. It’s odd, and I don’t really get what it is exactly, but I [...]
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