The Love of a Mother
The other day a package came in the mail from my mom. She usually sends packages to the kids every few weeks, but this one was addressed to me. I opened it up to discover my birthday present. An apron made in the style of an apron my mom wears that was her mother’s. I [...]
It wasn’t me!
I was putting the kids to bed the other night and I said, “Oh, boy, it’s a mess in here!” Orlando popped up from the blanket burrow he had made, “It wasn’t me!” “Or,” he reconsidered, “Maybe it was me. But I didn’t mean it!” * * * * * * * * * * [...]
22 Months
Dear Mica,You are my sweet and silly one, now 22 months old, fast approaching two. Here is what you are up to now… Quite the conversationalistNow you say things like “orange” and “oh, wow” and “turnip.” It never fails to crack me up. I don’t what it is about little kids’ pronunciation. Oh-rez a-wawtenpYou’re game [...]
Get Simple.
I was planning to include Simple Mom in my linky love post for September but she is having a FABULOUS give-away and I want to win! If you haven’t had a chance to read Simple Mom, please pay a visit. Her readership has taken off over the last few months and that is because she [...]
More than enough
In the first weeks and months of my life as the mother of two children, everyone asked, “How’s it… going…” insert furtive eye-casting toward Orlando here, “with two?” “Oh, it’s fine. He’s fine. We’re tired.” It wasn’t until Mica got mobile that Orlando started expressing himself… usually by saying “I wish I didn’t have a [...]
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