Archive for September, 2009
realizations
When Laura decided to join the Air Force I knew that I would miss her. I knew that I wouldn’t see her as much. I knew that I couldn’t pop over to Mom’s and see her.
What I didn’t know was how very little I would see her, how I’d have moments where I needed to [...]
Filed under: Madeline, family, military | 8 Comments
Tags: Air Force, aunts, military family, parenting
four again
My sister is home, my sister is home, my sister is HOME.
My parents went out to visit her last week and brought her back for a few days of leave. I hadn’t seen her since December 2008, and when I pulled into my driveway last night and saw her just sitting on my steps I [...]
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Tags: family, sisters
separation anxiety
The busyness of this fall has made Madeline and I into a unit. We are a team now, our days consistent if not entirely the same. In the mornings I wake to the sound of her voice calling “Mumma!”; I walk into her room and there she is, standing in her crib, grinning. “HI!” she’ll [...]
Filed under: Madeline, me, working mom | 9 Comments
Tags: business trip, separation anxiety, working mom
busy
Life is just crazy right now. That’s such an overused phrase, and one of my biggest pet peeves is when people lament how busy they are because really, aren’t we all? That’s life, really, if you choose it that way – just a series of tasks, things to do, unrelenting busyness.
But really, this fall [...]
Filed under: Madeline, daily, family | 4 Comments
Tags: busy, busyness, great-grandparents, overwhelm, parenting, working mom
fall frenzy
Somehow I’m embracing fall already, although I know that here in Michigan fall is just a dirty trick that turns into winter. But it’s a lovely dirty trick while it lasts, so we’re making the most of it.
We made our first fall pilgrimage to Johnson’s Pumpkin Farm on Saturday, the very day that it opened. [...]
Filed under: Madeline, family, marriage | 8 Comments
Tags: cleaning, fall, pumpkin farm
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