My world feels tilted off balance sometimes. I feel like I am constantly having tough things thrown in my direction and sometimes all of that dodging and swaying back and forth to manage all of it and stay standing can leave me feeling emotionally dizzy. Sometimes, that is just life, but it’s definitely life when
I believe in keeping things as real as possible here, bearing in mind of course that I am committed to respecting the privacy levels requested for everyone who is in or interacts with our family. When I put pictures up showing some of my makeup, while my shots are not filtered or Photoshopped, I do
I’m starting a bit later than usual to plunk out my thoughts this week because I had to spend some time in one of my happy places to insulate my emotional reserves some for this topic. Which of course, should serve as a warning that I may be about to type some things that some
To Hannah My sweet daughter, my love has been, is, and always will be yours without any need to do anything, much less something that would necessitate a gratitude note. But I know I owe you a note all the same. For holding my hand in the middle of the night on the way to
Two weeks after I stopped shopping at Amazon, I made the mistake of putting up one of my e-mail addresses on our family’s profile…and then promptly took it down a week later because all I was getting were vendor requests and one person who admitted after several back and forth exchanges to being a curiosity
A couple of months ago I was talking to Amara, who is the fabulous OT therapist that works with our son about how it isn’t always easy to get in to a doctor when I need a check-up, treatment or care. She told me that when it comes to my health, “you need to be
To the ASPCA Animal Poison Control staff and toxicologist, the Blue Pearl Emergency Animal Hospital, and Dr. M with the Fabulous staff at our Vet’s office: Thank you. Hannah’s precious Bandit, mischievous and usually very loving, doesn’t thank you. He’s not fond of vets, hospitalizations, medicines, tests, or anything like them- so he’s still very
Historically, I dread my own personal dental visits. I am Novocaine resistant, and I have had far too many dentists that never managed to get me numbed down enough to stave off a miserable experience for anything that needed to be taken care of. My most recent dentist (who sadly just moved to another state),
