Identity Struggles

Posted by on Jan 22, 2010 in Acceptance, Mommyhood | 0 comments I have always struggled with identity issues. Living in Europe but raised by conservative American parents. Being “from” Virginia but never really having lived here. Loving to get my hands dirty with volunteer work but have a fine shopping compulsion. Is it the Gemini in me? Or is it simply, for many of us, the fact that what/who we want to be is harder to live up to? The reality is...
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Are you kidding me!?!?

Posted by on Feb 23, 2009 in Mommyhood, Passably Parenting | 0 comments You know those days when you probably should not have gotten out of bed?  Well, I’m not sure which day that should have been…with a little hindsight things had been brewing for a few days.  But, Friday had better be rock bottom. Little Dude did not sleep Thursday night.  At least not what I consider to be sleep.  20 minutes on me, fuss, 20 minutes next to me, fuss, tried the crib (l...
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A Strong Hold

Posted by on Jul 7, 2007 in Mommyhood, Passably Parenting | 0 comments There are often 2 schools of thought when it comes to holding a baby.  1 being that if you hold a baby too much you will spoil the child.  The 2nd is to meet the child’s every need so they grow confident and secure. I always tell new parents to hold the baby as much a you can…you can’t get those moments back.  I have never been able to give the other kids as much time as the...
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my babies

Posted by on Jun 12, 2007 in Mommyhood | 0 comments I feel like they are growing up with me.  I can’t be old enough to have kids let alone one that is going to start Kg this year.  They are at this great place – they know what they want each vocalizing (sometimes physical) their own opinions.  You can have conversations with them – why is the sun following us, why is the moon following us, why are the clouds moving in the...
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mastitis

Posted by on Jun 11, 2007 in Health Care, Ketilave, Mommyhood | 0 comments Mastitis is evil.  This is only the second time this has happened to me; both times this has come on when I am sick with something else.  Since it was the weekend when things got really bad I went to a doc-in-a-box.  I had to wait for an hour, fever rising, while they saw other people who came in after me.  Finally I stepped out and complained loudly.  If a man had cellulitis in his...
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