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A Sweet Mother’s Day

May 9th, 2011

Hope you had a wonderfully sweet Mother’s Day weekend! Mine was as sweet as this Chocolate Cupcake with Raspberry Butter Cream frosting that I had on my date over the weekend. A great weekend with those I love. There are several things to catch up on after a bit of a whirlwind couple of days, …

2 Hour Snow Delays vs. Snowman

January 13th, 2011

I miss those warm early mornings under the covers when I heard my mom gently knock on my door, and tell me that I could go back to sleep for two more hours. School was running on a 2 hour delay, which meant more sleep, extra time to cram for an exam, a cancelled early …

Motherhood Called And Needs You to Cancel All Your Appointments

July 18th, 2010

It’s embarrassing how long I’ve put off some of these appointments. Embarrassing, I tell ya! Motherhood just seems to take precedence over following through on this to-do list. Whether its canceling because of a family illness, not setting up child care, or not not taking the time to call and schedule an appointment. It’s down …

Finding the Hero Inside of Him

July 7th, 2010

As a girl, we grown up with the desire to marry our hero. From an early age, we dream of our future husband being strong, fearless, protective. Although the prince on a white horse may be childish and unrealistic, the desire to marry a hero is not. My four 3 year old sons are starting …

Motherhoood Is…

June 22nd, 2010

tender. terrifying. tiring. tough. tantalizing. thrilling. traumatic. Motherhood certainly has its moments. There are moments of delight, heroism, and satisfaction, as well as moments of fear, discouragement, and grief. (And all of this can be experienced within the first half hour of the day.) Regardless of what you feed your family for dinner, the …

“Gunkitis”

June 15th, 2010

I’m grateful to report after a rough weekend both physically and emotionally, we are finally “on the mend”. However, the “Gunkitis” didn’t leave the house without taking down Mama first. Gunkitis – snot-filled, coughing, chest aching, fever, sneezing, wheezing, cranky YUCKS I have 1 more day left of steroid treatments and hopefully I will be …

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