All this snow day talk amongst mom bloggers, facebookers (I just invented a new word - I'm sure Wikipedia will be calling soon!) and the news outlets sucked up out of my cluttered brain the memory of a blizzard I lived through when my teens were little bitties! It was February and outside the landscape was covered in a blanket of white snow. Inside our cozy two story home I sat on a warm carpeted stairway, my newborn infant son in my arms and … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2011
MOMzilla Speaks!
My daughter is one amazing girl. Better than I will ever be. Maybe her wonderfulness is due partly because of me...but I suspect it's mostly in spite of me. That's the wonderful blessing of being a mom - if you do it right. Day in and day out dealings with my growing children cause me to really see myself. It's almost as if those little souls daily hold up mirrors that expose worse than deepening wrinkles and graying hair - those mirrors … [Read more...]
Annoying Habit or Family Trait?
My teenage daughter has long teased me about my ongoing habit of randomly singing (quite loudly) whenever I am off by myself somewhere in our home. I am talking loud and enthusiastic (with umph) kinda singing… I am totally into this singing thing, kinda singing. No, I do not have a particularly melodic voice, but that does not stop me from belting out the tunes. This habit has been with me since I was a young professional, I recall the … [Read more...]
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