Lately, my poor blog has been neglected and sad, lacking of new activity, as it sits patiently — waiting for me to put up a juicy, new, informative post or even just a short, hurried blurb on the mundane happenings of my ever-busy, superhero life. Unfortunately, I have been so busy with life (imagine [...]
Archive of posts filed under the It's a Mom Thing category.
Four A.M. Affections of a Two-Year-Old
I know that my little Arthur loves me and that I am the center of his little two-year-old world. For no other will he give wet, soggy puppy dog kisses that seem to linger even after I have wiped the saliva off my face. Only to me will he cling, wrapping his little body around [...]
Sixth Sense
I listened and held my breath as Arthur screamed at the top of his not so tiny two-year-old lungs. I had the sense that they were at it again, my two-year-old and my four-year-old. “Shae! Shae!” Arthur yelled at Rayner.
I put down the greasy, glass dish that I was just about to wash (by hand [...]
Highway Hassles
Start…Stop….Start….Stop….Start…Stop….No, this wasn’t a fun game of musical chairs, nor was I fondly trying to fix a long-lost treasured but broken video tape. Instead, I was stuck in Dallas/Fort Worth traffic while trying to complete a number of errands before heading to my brother’s college graduation ceremony. Having lived most of my driving career in [...]
Objections of an Unemployed Educator
For the past four weeks, my dumb dishwasher has been out. Imagine having to wash 200 dishes by hand each day! That’s 1400 dishes each week, 6020 dishes each month, and 72,240 dishes in a year! Unbelievable? Yes, but when you live in a large family such as ours, it is not impossible (especially when [...]
The Little Pink Line
This morning I woke up and felt like all of my insides were going to come out of my mouth. I immediately turned to my husband and said, “I’m pregnant. It’s all your fault.”
“You can’t be,” he said, “you’re on the shot. Besides, Wayne had the stomach bug just a few days ago. You probably [...]
