One 41 y/o wife and working mom of five shares her thoughts and her world–what works, what doesn't, and all the fun chaos in between
Well, ladies and gentlemen. No surprise here. I’m out. Today is CD1 for me. Right on time. Just like clockwork. Aunt Flo has arrived complete with her cramps and mood swings. In my mind, I see her laughing rather mockingly at me. ‘How dare you think you were going to conceived this month’. Man, this …
I woke up this morning, and despite telling myself I wouldn’t do it, I took another #HPT (home pregnancy test) with FMU (first morning urine). I held my breath as I waited for the second line to appear. This time, it was a pink dye test. This time the second line did not appear. I …
Tomorrow is Mothers’ Day. I am blessed to be one of those who hopefully will receive little tokens of appreciation for motherhood from my son and daughter. My son is still more than a little amazed that I have managed to keep all of his little Mother’s Day gifts for the past nine years. I …
Things are not okay. They simply aren’t. I’m not being polite about it. I’m tired of glossing it over. Things are not where I’d like them to be. Tonight is Good Friday. While I should be at church with my family, I am sitting here with nausea and depression. I am quite sure my thyroid …
Have you seen the below story? Do you know what really bothers me about it? Someone is going to defend the teacher for the comments. I’ve been on the receiving end of similar comments like this from teachers. One teacher in particular stays on my mind to this day. When I was a child (about …