I'm a mother of three, five and under. I'm a wife to a perpetual student. (Seriously, just graduate already - I mean, "I support you, honey.") I'm a child to the only Father who can claim to be Perfect, and I study under Him daily in hopes of learning from the Best.
I believe in breastfeeding, natural childbirthing, cloth-diapering, co-sleeping, baby-wearing, and attachment parenting.
Compared to the bottle-feeding, Pampers-wearing, crib-sleeping, day-caring world around me, I thought maybe that qualified me as a Natural Mommy.
A few days ago, I finally applied for a passport. You see, I need a passport to finish my marathon. It starts out in New York, runs along Niagara Falls, and ends in Canada. I’d put off applying for the passport because A) I’m busy. B) I’m easily distracted/forgetful. and C) It’s the last step [...]
Filed under: The Running on September 17th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Funny the physical effect emotion can have. I know I still have a heart. I know it still beats. But I feel hollow. Refusing to grieve leaves me cold inside. Especially when reminded of the intensity of the emotion trying to break through. Like when I’m informed she’s officially made the decision to stop chemo [...]
Filed under: My Mom on September 15th, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Let me tell you about the Longest Day Ever. It started at 4:45a.m. central time. We rose, gathered children and luggage, and drove about 20 minutes to O’Hare Airport. Our flight was a little after 8. We thought we were good. However. Instead of our usual habit of Josh dropping me, the children, and the [...]
Filed under: Meet-and-Greet-Mondays on September 10th, 2010 | 3 Comments »
There are times when a sob will catch me off guard. My throat will close and my eyes will burn. I bite my tongue and swallow my tears. There will be a time to grieve. But I refuse to do so while she still lives. And she does yet live. It’s a weak, anxious, restless, [...]
Filed under: My Mom on September 3rd, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I received this email today: I am in Terre Haute, and if you haven’t heard on the news, Union Hospital has decided not to renew the contract for our midwives. There are only these two midwives in our local area, and without them, our local women are losing a valuable childbirth option. We have started a grassroots [...]
Filed under: The Natural Childbirth on September 1st, 2010 | 2 Comments »
