Helping. Healing. Caring.
and magic potions. storytelling and silly notions, paper airplanes and lego cities, baby dolls, so itty bitty… learning our letters and penmanship, little hands I love to hold in my grip! Someday I’ll wish I’d recorded it all, for the memories by the wayside will fall. So now I’ll pen an epic ode, and reminisce […]
of an eye…years flutter by.littles are grown…seeds you have sown.waste not a second…for then you’ll regret it.little words spoken…sweet spirits, so open.eyes filled with wonder…love roars like thunder.the love of a child… Sammy…“Mommy, please won’t you biz up my pants?”“Is it real, Mommy? Or just pretend?”“Mommy, is there a ladder tall enough to touch the […]
WHAT?!?!?!?! I can hear your collective gasps as we speak. These gasps are peppered with anxious inquiries…YOU DEACTIVATED YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT? WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU DO SUCH A THING? IS IT FOREVER?HOW WILL YOU KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON? Well, let me tell you why & quiet the fears that I have lost my mind/will […]
and we survived. No one peed their pants. Only one was minus their shoes. I only forgot one thing and no kids. I didn’t respond with a snarky comment to ANY of the many who “blessed my heart,” and questioned whether they were all mine.I didn’t rip the face off the City Mac guy who […]
Who knew I’d ever again spend as much time coveting a night’s sleep as I once did with 3 babies? Seriously? I’ve done this… FIVE TIMES. And I don’t mean I’ve not slept for 5 nights. I mean 5 babies…with the twins actually counting as 10 babies. There is nothing quite like the sleep deprivation […]
Moratorium passed! The people of Swansboro spoke & the Board of Commissioners (minus 1) listened. I’m so excited we spoke out for a happy hamlet, and I encourage all of you to continue to let your voices be heard! And now, I hate to be a wet blanket….HOWEVER…We are still in limbo regarding the court […]
23 years I have been on this roller coaster. 23 years I have searched for a PLACE I can call home… A place I can raise my kids, feel safe at night, know the locals by name, walk the streets at night, send my kids to the park, PLACE. Swansboro is my place. Well, enter […]
I think I need that tattooed on my forehead. Seriously, it’d have to be backwards so I could read it in the mirror, and then I’d not only have a tat on my forehead, but no one but me would be able to read it…I’ve already got my pastor convinced my husband needs extra prayer, […]
for a bit. That may be an understatement of tremendous proportions. Cue the following scenario…2 parents + 2 kids2 parents + 2 kids + 2 in utero kids + 1 deployment + 1 promotion + 1 cross country move + 1 more baby + 1 house built + homeschooling + 1 more deployment + 1 […]
a Super & I’ve got BOOM power! (In his world, a “Super” is a superhero and we have all been assigned specific powers in his “Super” world.) BOOM, go clean your ROOM, you little terd! According to Mercy…she would prefer a regular teacher because “it’s not good that you yell.” This is usually followed by […]