It’s 12:25, Thursday morning. My last post was sometime before Thanksgiving. And now I write from the late night/early morning hours. Not because of inspiration or because I have something profound to say. No, I am in just too much pain to go to sleep and, well, I missed you…
Tag: Autoimmune Disease
Hippo and his buddy, “Charlie”
The past couple of months have been…trying, to say the least, in my world of mommyhood. I’ve been questioning myself as a parent. And I’m pretty sure my kid has too. Hippo has been in this space of independence that is leaning more on defiance. And having trouble understanding that mommy…
Happy Birthday, Hippo!
Dearest Hippo, Today is our fifth anniversary. Around this time five years ago I was doing a lot of breathing in my hospital bed, surrounded by your grandparents & daddy and wondering what you were gonna look like. This little adventure we’ve been on has been a trip. Everyday you…
The Fake Colon and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad WEEK!
ugh! Ugh! Ugh! Ouch! Ugh! Ugh! Ouch! Sigh! Ouch! Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! Ouch! Sigh! Ouch! Ugh! Ugh! Bleh! Ouch! MuthaF*$#*!!!!!! Yea, I think that just about explains what is happening in my gut right now…or lack there of. Sorry guys! I know some might say, “Such language!”. Yea, well I…
Blog
Read more
Surviving SoCal’s Version of Fall
Apparently it’s Fall. But I am afraid Los Angeles has yet to receive the memo. You see even though we pass by the Gap store fronts with it’s beautiful Fall collection and we drink our pumpkin spice lattes and we watch the wind blow across the football fields, we are…
Couple's Corner
Read more
Happy National Coffee Day!
There is no way I could let this day go by without giving a shout out to one of my favorite things in the whole wide world…COFFEE!!! Today is National Coffee Day and it’s a day of celebration, love and peace! Don’t laugh, I love coffee! And a good cup…