I saw a friend over the weekend that I hadn’t seen in years. Her first baby is 10 months old and when we started catching up she asked, “Why doesn’t anyone tell you how hard it’s going to be?” Then she said, “I don’t have to ask you how it’s going with two because from your Facebook page it looks like everything is going great.” I always think that about other friends I see on Facebook who I don’t speak to on a regular basis but it hadn’t occurred to me that I was one of those people. Going great? Hardly. In fact, most days up until now, were a chaotic, overwhelming nightmare. I ...
It Finally Happened…
When my oldest was born, he was given a stuffed monkey who at one year old he named Titi (because he couldn’t say monkey). Titi became a part of our family and Jack’s best friend. He went everywhere with us. When Jack went to school, Titi stayed strapped in his car seat to be “safe.” When Jack rode his bike, Titi rode in the pocket in the front. When Jack gets hurt, he quickly grabs Titi to rub on his ouchie to make it feel better. Titi had a broken arm that Grandma lovingly stitched for him and looked like he had been run over and beaten a few too many times. But, that didn’t matter to ...
Never Say Never and Nothing is Forever!
I always knew I was meant to be a mom. Even through the toughest moments of having a newborn, I still enjoyed every minute of it! That’s not to say it wasn’t the hardest, most unexpected experience I’ve had so far, but for the first time I felt as if I had a purpose. As much as I wanted to stay home with my son after he was born, financially it wasn’t an option for our family. While I enjoyed certain aspects of my “job” at the time, it WAS just a job and unfortunately didn’t satisfy my passion for helping people, bringing people together and had nothing to do with babies or being a mom! I ...
