by Robin | Nov 12, 2015 | My Daily Grace
Saying that my little people experience “separation anxiety” is an understatement. As a baby, Crusader would cry until he threw up (my, how the tables have turned on that front, but that’s another post for another day…). Now we’re dealing with M&M, who’s elected...
by Robin | Nov 10, 2015 | My Daily Grace
Today I discovered the power of enough—or in my case not enough. I wasn’t flexible enough to touch my nose to my knees or resolved enough to plank five more reps. I didn’t have enough humor to overlook Hubby’s and Songbird’s lunching on what I’d planned for dinner. I...
by Robin | Nov 8, 2015 | My Daily Grace
Some things about parenthood seem impossible at the onset. As a mommy I wonder how I’ll get that little person to pee in the potty, how to get M&M to sleep through the night, how many bins of summer clothes I have to put away, how these sweet little heads can hold...
by Robin | Nov 6, 2015 | My Daily Grace
Today Brown Sugar greeted me with “Think Tank threw up in the bathroom.” Immediately I pictured the whole crew curled up under blankets watching a movie last night…everyone reading and playing in his room before bed…Brown Sugar sleeping at his feet…Lord, help! It took...
by Robin | Nov 6, 2015 | My Daily Grace
At first Hubby and I enjoyed answering all the Crusader’s “why” questions. But by the time Songbird hatched we were firmly ensconced in the “because I said so” camp. Really, who has time to explain why you need to get out the way of a speeding car? And so we lived...
by Robin | Nov 5, 2015 | My Daily Grace
Remember that scene from Forrest Gump when Bubba names all the different ways to eat shrimp? That’s how I felt when we went apple picking. I kept imagining apple fritters, apple dumplings, apple pie, apple cake, candied apples, caramel apples, apple popovers,...