Our baby has a birthday today. We were living in Idaho when I delivered this 10-pound, cuddle-bug spud. He arrived after just a couple of hours in the birthing chair, which was a fairly new contraption at the time. I knew he was a boy, even though I’d never had an ultrasound. My belly was […]
WHO’S ON FIRST (a birthday)
Today is our firstborn’s birthday. Every new baby ignites in his parents an enormous passion and a fierce sense of protection and provision. It just wells up, usually accompanied by tears. The first time that happens, however….your defenses are stripped away, your heart is laid bare, and you realize, maybe for the first […]
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BOYS TO MEN
My two boys have birthdays every summer, about two weeks (and 9 years) apart. We were altogether about 4 years ago (which is rare) and took this picture. Our oldest son, on the right, used to be bigger than our youngest son, on the left. And the hubs (in the middle) used to be bigger […]
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Why Moms Can’t be Sick on Picture Day
In the fall of 1988, I had a terrible case of strep throat. Besides the razor blade sore throat, I had a fever and a headache that kept me in bed for a few days. I wanted to die. If not for Alexander Fleming and his penicillin discovery, I think I might have. I vividly […]
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15 Shades of Gray (part 3)
It’s time to face the music. Or the mirror. My fairly thick, wavy hair that I’ve always loved…is shedding its coat. It’s L’Oreal 5AR coat. And I’m discovering I have 15 shades of gray. I have to admit, it’s a bit painful. Not physically, but emotionally. A gray stranger is growing out of my head. […]
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30 Things I Didn’t Know Before Motherhood
I wrote this in 2012, but I read it every Mother’s Day, because it reminds me that motherhood is my biggest blessing. Here are just 30 things (among many) that becoming a Mom taught me… 1. Being a mom made me realize I really wasn’t the center of the universe, like I thought I was. […]
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The Breath of Life (happy birthday, Sara!)
Today is our daughter’s birthday. Every birthday, we are amazed and grateful for the fact that she is alive and well. When she was 16 months old, she had a seizure that lasted 90 minutes. 90 minutes that literally took her breath away. Because she was a chubby, seizing toddler, the medics at the military […]
