Land of Eternal Winter

The sky is blue outside my window but I have trouble believing it. It’s been so gray and dark all day, all week, all YEAR. We have little bursts of sun and then back to weeks and weeks of oppressive grey like the sky is pressing down closer and closer, tighter and tighter [...]

Filed under: all about me, around town, brains, family fun, weather

Are You 100% Positive?

Even the sweetest kid can be a Snarkity McSnarkle Pants sometimes. It’s just expected. We may roll our eyes and move on or try to correct the attitude. Sometimes we just lock ourselves in the bathroom with some lemon bars and a good book while they snark themselves into exhaustion.
For the past [...]

Filed under: aspirations, brains, faith, parenting

When We Know Better

When we know better, we do better. I wish I’d known more about postpartum mood disorders before Magoo was born. I wish more people were more informed. It is this wish that’s caused me to write my 3-part series at Parenting about my experiences with postpartum anxiety and panic, the conclusion of [...]

Filed under: bloghersact, brains, get serious, mothersact, postpartum

More Brain Stories

I’m continuing to share the story of my post partum trauma over at The Parenting Post. One more week of this and I’ll get back to the usual silliness of my life.

Filed under: brains, parenting

Two Handed

The cookie cutter package of childlike goodies goes to ~velia. Congratulations! Anyone else who wants to buy the cookies or other fun items from Kim and Jason can order with free shipping on their site through November 2nd with the coupon code DARINGYOUNGMOM.
I’m still dying, not yet dead. I think my brain [...]

Filed under: all about me, blick, brains, near-death

Post Partum Mood Disorder

Starting this week at The Parenting Post, I’m doing a series on my experiences with Post Partum Mood Disorder.

Filed under: all about me, brains, parenting

Doctors Make Me Cry

I try to make them chuckle nervously.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve cried when I’ve gone to doctor’s offices, not every time but more often than I’d like. OBGYNs are the worst, but I’ve been known to cry at the dentist too. It’s not that I’m in physical pain necessarily, usually [...]

Filed under: all about me, brains, save me from myself

I Slept Through My Alarm

Dan and I have been going to occasional marriage therapy for the last year. It started with post partum Issues I was having and continues from time to time because it’s just so darn much fun to find a babysitter and sit in a room with Dan and a practical stranger who happens to [...]

Filed under: brains, fun, fun, fun, he's so fine he blows my mind

Straight Up Now Dan

Straight up now, tell me do you really wanna love me forever? Wo-oh-oh or am I caught in a hit and run? Straight up now, tell me is it gonna be you and me forever? Oh-oh-oh. Or are you just having fun?
When we were driving around this afternoon my, like, totally [...]

Filed under: around town, brains

God Knows We’re Lost

It’s coming up on two years since Magoo was born and I still struggle with anxiety and depression issues originally triggered by his birth. My brain hurts from thinking about my brain. I’m tired of wondering what constitutes chemical deficiency and what is just normal for a stay-home mother of 2.

Filed under: all about me, aspirations, brains, faith, not feelin' the funny