Category Archives: DOINGS
HEARTS
They pound. They melt. They swell. They burst. They break. They bleed. They keep your breath coming while simultaneously also taking it away. Here’s to hearts. Those blossoming. Those fading. Those coming back to life. xo __ See my bleeding hearts of yesteryear: 2012 2011 2010 __ Check out my stop-the-bleeding song that’s playing [...]
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OUTGROWING
Yesterday I came across this remnant of days gone by. A little hanger-on to what once was. And visions flashed through my mind of waking up to discover that the size 4T shirt that fit R-girl last Sunday was now creeping awkwardly up her belly button, or the shorts that were just the right amount of short [...]
Also posted in Growing, Kid Things, Noticing, Parenting, Remembering, Single-Momming, Thinking Tagged R-boy, R-girl, R-Kids 2 Comments
JOIN ME? [FROM THE ARCHIVES]
Sure. It all sounds like a lovely idea – until you’re right in the middle of it and you realize: This is actually THE HARDEST THING ON EARTH FOR ME. Why am I doing this again? __ Originally posted here. Totally relevant now. Still. Again. Can anyone else relate? Here’s to doing it anyway. xo
SOMETHING’S MISSING
Tonight I came home late to R-house, and guess what I found when I walked in the door. Empty couches. Everywhere I looked. So, ok, sure. This actually happens to me on a fairly regular basis. Every other weekend, in fact, when R-kids are off spending time with their dad. But most every other night [...]
Also posted in Extra Things, Growing, House Things, Kid Things, Parenting, Single-Momming Tagged couches, lonely, new, teenagers Leave a comment
THE SILVER LINING
When we Minnesotans flung wide our curtains this mid-spring morning, here is the sight that greeted our winter-weary selves: For, perhaps, the umpteen-thousandth time this April Now, if this had been a January morning, or even a March one, I would have had a much easier time soaking in the crisp, shimmering, truly stunning beauty [...]
Also posted in Beautiful Things, Random Things, Ranting, Raving Tagged Hope, snow, Spring, sunshine, winter Leave a comment
LOSING IT
Also posted in Growing, Hard Things, Healing, Heart Things, Noticing, Ranting, Thinking, Wise Things, Wondering Tagged Grief, Hope, Loss 5 Comments
OUR DISCLAIMER
Please be especially nice to us Minnesotans right now. Yes, we might be a little extra crabby lately. Or confused. Disoriented. We might wander off in the middle of a sentence now and then. We might be downright whiny. But that's because here we are...
Also posted in Everyday Things, Hard Things, Ranting Tagged Cold, depressing, GRACE, Spring, weather, winter 4 Comments
GUESS WHAT I FOUND
It's all enough to make this first-born, type-A, straight-A, single-momming, self-employed girl want to hole up, buckle down and take care of things. Make things better. Fix things. Soothe things. Prevent things. Get things done. Check things off the list. All while clenching her fists and holding her breath until maybe, someday, the list will be a little less long and the needs a little lighter.
Also posted in Everyday Things, Finding, Hard Things, Healthy Things, Junking, Noticing, Single-Momming, Wise Things Tagged Breaks, Breathing, Busy, Hunt & Gather, life, Refreshing, SELF-CARE 4 Comments
IS THIS FOR REAL?