I like my family. I know that seems obvious – but I love that we can get trapped in the house, no way out, and there’s no place I’d rather be. There’s two parents here, so if the kids start to get crazy, we can divide and conquer. The kids are, in and of themselves, …
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Mar 12
Sisters
Why don’t they get along? I don’t remember fighting with my sister. I just don’t. What I do distinctly remember is my mother saying that she never fought with her siblings the way that my siblings and I fought – and hating it. So I won’t say that to my girls. But I will admit …
Feb 24
End of an Era – February Vacation Edition
This is the last February vacation with Lilli at home. Next year, Sarah and Glennys will have their licenses. Jessie will be in high school. And can I confess, I’m kind of excited? I’ve had a lot of February vacations like this – Jessie’s in eighth grade this year, which means this is my …
Feb 21
Relief
While there is so much about Sam’s life that is BETTER now – he’s not in any pain. Right off the bat – that is the biggest and most amazing improvement since the accident. Nothing hurts now. But there are two lingering after-affects of the accident, and they aren’t going away. The first is obviously …
Feb 20
This is fourteen
It’s not quite adult. Not quite. But it’s closer than it’s ever been before and you know it’s right around the corner. She still trusts me for everything, she still thinks that my opinion is the one that counts and I’m still her first call. I hope it stays that way – I hope that …
Feb 12
This is what fifteen years looks like
I don’t know that I ever thought being married for fifteen years was a possibility. I think it was something I thought other people did – get married and stay that way forever. But here we are. Five kids (or three, depending on who’s counting). A fat little epileptic dog, a teenager researching the North …
Feb 01
Always a new mom
You know the new mom? The inexperienced one, the one who has that scared-I-don’t-really-what-the-hell-I’m-doing-here look on her face? I’m that mom. All the time. Yes, I’m 43 years old, and I’ve been a big sister for 41 of those years. I started babysitting at ten, and by the time I was sixteen, I was watching …
Jan 09
Notes from a snowy weekend
Friday night, we have Shabbat dinner. Every Friday. We almost always have Lilli and Sarah with us, but this Friday, they were with my in-laws. It’s hard, to try and make Friday special when the girls aren’t here, and I had gift cards from Christmas… so Marc and I took the three kids to Applebees. …
Jan 05
Resolutions for the New Year
I feel like I’m starting over. Or starting back. My life is no longer in trauma. This is the anniversary of the time when things started to get really dark for Sam last year. It was the beginning of January that he stopped going to school. And while I’ve got little desire to look back, …
Dec 31
No 2016 Retrospective
Because really, the thought of going back through the year and picking out my favorite blog posts from each month is too much. This was a hard year. It’s still hard. I can’t look back. There’s too much pain there, and I can’t revisit it. There were major bright spots. We got Lucky, and that’s …
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