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Archive for ‘craziness’
How are you TODAY?
I once had someone very close to me serve time in prison. I learned a lot of things during that time. One of the lessons that has stuck with me, after more than 20 years, is that there is great wisdom in asking the question, “How are you TODAY?” In general, that person was probably […]
Dreaming
In an alternate universe, I am very fit. I wake early to stretch and run before coffee. Later in the day, I do a fitness class for fun. I sweat until I can’t see. I reward myself with a hot shower. In an alternate universe, I have a lot of time. My house is organized, […]
You Got This
I really like being a woman. Not that I have ever been a man, so I wouldn’t know the difference firsthand. But there’s a lot to like about knowing yourself, owning yourself and being part of a sisterhood of other women who hold one another steady as we’re teetering on the edge of sanity, women […]
Goodness
We’re a busy bunch around here lately. The kids are learning to pick up some of my slack. Lily and Max are little parents. They corral each other and their little brothers. They pour Froot Loops and run Netflix in the early mornings. They know that it takes all of us working together to make […]
Tonight I’m Almost Ready
Lucas, looking a “widdle bit wuwwied” about momma’s return to work… It’s a work night. That’s right, kids. Tomorrow, momma heads back to work. I’m feeling pretty confident, seeing as how God gave all six of the Roberts a cold for the occasion. Wow. They say He won’t give us more than we can handle, […]
Getting It Right
My mind has been working overtime. I tell you: the details float around my head like you wouldn’t believe. I am trying to stay on top of so many things: paperwork, bills, memory keeping, laundry, dishes, preschool, first grade, gymnastics, visitors, emails, on and on… oh, and the care, keeping, feeding, diapering, bathing, chauffering and […]
Give Me Twenty Minutes!
It’s amazing what a mom can do in twenty minutes! Say a mom wakes up at 7:15 and the bus comes around 7:38. A mom can sneak out of bed, leaving the two-week-old sleeping, gather up the rest of her kids, get her seven-year-old dressed, remember it’s picture day so fix seven-year-old’s hair, fix said […]
It Takes a Whole Village to Raise a Child
Or, say, six children. This is what my sister and I have come to know is true. We are both working mothers. She works full-time, but locally, whereas I work part-time an hour from home and an hour and a half from most of our doctors. (If, of course, you time the path I have […]