Finally I am feeling better.  I haven't needed to take ibuprofen to eat for the first time since last Wednesday.  My throat was a little sore, especially when I ate a couple of oranges, but it was bearable, without meds.  I had an appetite, though not much of one.  I had energy.  I was in a good mood for most of the day, and even started feeling ( Read more... )

I can't believe how long it's been since I posted.  Miss M is growing by leaps and bounds and I've barely mentioned any of it.  Nothing like when Tai was a baby.  I feel guilty - but I'm trying my best ( Read more... )

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Dear Tai,

A very belated letter.  Perhaps I should quit mentioning that, and just be happy that I am writing these to you at all.  We'll see - it's part of who I am, the being late, and then the pointing out of the lateness.  Maybe that will change too - who knows?

What I do know is that you are changing and growing every day.  You are a 'big kid' in ( Read more... )

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Lest readers start thinking that it's nothing other than sickness, tantrums, anxiety and whining around here, I figured I'd better offer a Tai update that doesn't center around his (and my) hardest times.

He is growing by leaps and bounds, both physically and mentally.  I can barely keep up with him.  It's amazing. 
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The turning over of the new year has given new fire to my recent questioning of what the hell I'm doing with my life.  I am having a hard time trying to figure out what I really want to do, who I want to be, in my heart, not based on what someone else thinks I should be doing or being.  (I am well aware that this is totally a privileged, first ( Read more... )

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