Always evolving, Never Average
Today was one of those days where nothing went the way I thought it was going to go when the day began. When I first started writing this post I listed all the things that went much differently than I had originally anticipated. But it was boring and confusing, and really the details aren’t all …Read More
Number 7 turned eight years old on Saturday. She asked for: cake ice cream seaweed (the kind you eat) Nutri grain bars a Lego set a watch a scooter with nothing girly on it and a dog She got a cake (decorated by Number 4) and ice cream, seaweed and Nutri grain bars (she tried …Read More
When you are a serious athlete, you work your ass off no matter what sport you participate in. It is not uncommon to push yourself to the point of puking at times. But no matter what level you are training at, even if you are an Olympian, you also give yourself a day of rest. …Read More
Today has been a really productive day, but a few unexpected things came up which sorta threw me off course for a little bit. Today is also the first day of swim practice, and that presents a whole other set of challenges including: Having 4 kids on the team in 4 different groups at 4 …Read More
Two days ago I had an epiphany about my need to surrender in order to survive. Yesterday three really awesome things happened once I finally decided to surrender. Which was really cool. But I don’t want to give anyone the impression that surrendering is a piece of cake and that everything is awesoooooooooommmmme once you …Read More
I was up today at 4 a.m. so I had time to take a shower and do a couple things before I had to leave the house at 5:30 a.m. with Number 5 and Number 7 for a swim meet. It’s been pretty much nonstop since then, aside from 3 – 4:15 pm when I …Read More
From the time I was in high school to just before I got married, I spent a lot of time with my cousin and one of her high school friends. A LOT OF TIME. This high school friend, I’ll call him John, is one of my favorite people in the world. I have never laughed …Read More
Yesterday I shared this picture from the Mom’s Got Ink Facebook page on the NYAM Facebook page: And one reader was like, “You need to write a blog post on this… Seriously.” I’ve been thinking about it all day. I think mom cliques are just as prevalent as middle school and high school cliques. I …Read More
I don’t know about you guys, but my 2019 has not really started out the way I had planned it would. We haven’t even had a particularly rough winter here in Connecticut so I can’t blame much on the weather. I think January can be pretty tricky that way. What is it about January? Maybe …Read More
Every year, December 16th starts off pretty much the same way. I wake up like I do on every other day. And then a few seconds or a few minutes after I’m up, I remember. I remember exactly where I was, who I was with, and what I heard on that day in 1985 when my …Read More
