Being a Mom

Last Call For Shorts

by beth September 15, 2011

We have been try­ing to get out­side for as much time as we can.  We had an espe­cially beau­ti­ful day to enjoy yes­ter­day before the rain rolled in by evening.  The weather has become com­fort­able out­side, no longer the unbear­able heat that sum­mer brought where it felt oppres­sive on a good day and as if […]

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Remembering To Be

by beth September 14, 2011

Last night it was so quiet before bed.  I was sur­rounded by sleep­ing chil­dren, nurs­ing the baby down and Mike was work­ing on a project late into the night. He would come up from the base­ment every now and again to talk with me and to share in the quiet moments of the night.  It […]

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An Army of One Man, But The Right Man For The Job!

by beth September 12, 2011

Mr. G can make any­one smile.  It is part of his core.  And every time he pulled his mask up or down like a game of Clone Trooper Peek-A-Boo she got so excited, her arms began to wave. She would brighten up with the biggest smile and cooed away at him. My heart melted watch­ing the […]

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Riding The Waves of Life

by beth September 9, 2011

After decid­ing to out myself as suf­fer­ing from post­par­tum depres­sion after the birth of our fourth child I knew going into hav­ing a fifth child peo­ple would won­der about my health.  More specif­i­cally my men­tal health. It only makes sense that peo­ple would ask about how things are going.  Usu­ally when they ask it’s with […]

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