I guess it’s my own fault. My husband suggested I wait to run to the store to restock our fridge after he got home. But it had been over a week since the kids had been anywhere, other than a grandparents’ houses, and when I mentioned the grocery store, they were excited, hoping […]
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It… (Okay, Enough Snow Already…)
There is nothing, absolutely nothing, like watching Christmas unwrap itself through the eyes of your children. Last year our youngest still needed help tearing into his packages. It was a slow process, with a few presents being opened, followed by some playing and then a few more being opened. It actually took them […]
Why Elves Drink
In the years past I have painstakingly cut toys from their packaging and made sure they had any necessary batteries ahead of time before wrapping our children’s gifts. Makes for a very smooth Christmas morning — no hunting for batteries or having to cut endless wires and strings to remove a toy from […]
I Wish
I wish I could always keep my children safe. I wish it was guaranteed that I would grow old and watch them start families of their own. I wish I could tell them there are no such things as monsters and really believe it. I wish there weren’t people who can look into […]
This Is Why
Last night I found myself once again camped out on my little guy’s floor. Huddled under a thin blanket, time ticked slowly by as I waited over an hour for him to fall back to sleep. There have been a few nights where I wondered, “Why am I doing this?” But not […]
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