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Big News!

 

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So, today is the day I get to announce (SHOUT!!!) that I’m going to be a published author! As some of you know, this has been a LONG time coming. I’m so proud, grateful, and fortunate that along with some amazing writers, my work will be included in an upcoming anthology. The anthology is a collection of stories about postpartum depression and anxiety. I wrote my essay about the anxiety I experienced while on bed rest with my twins, which continued on during their time in the NICU and those scary first months at home.  The book was compiled and edited by the creators of the Her Stories Project, Jessica Smock and Stephanie Sprenger.  Mothering Through the Darkness, is going to be published by She Writes Press in November of this year.  I’m not sure of all the details yet, but not to worry, I’ll let you know as soon as I am.  I promise to try not to drive you crazy with my excitement and self-promotional antics. But I am required to help get the word out, so be prepared.

To start, you can read the announcement and learn about my fellow contributors by clicking here.

I’ll post more in the coming weeks, but I couldn’t wait another minute to share the news with my readers.  Thank you so much for sticking by me.  I really appreciate it!

Best Award Ever

2567_Trophy_Statue[1]Winning an award for something is pretty cool, especially when you’ve put in lots of hard work. Personally, I’ve always fantasized about winning an Oscar or a Golden Globe and have rehearsed my acceptance speech more times than I should publically admit.  Never mind that that I’ve not spent any time acting.  The reality is that I’ve won very few awards in my life. Compared to my children, I’m an underachiever. They get awards all the time, because that’s what we do now.  Every year, for both pre-school and elementary school, I attend end-of-year class parties where each student is given an award for something. I guarantee you, none of my children remembers any of those awards. And the metals and trophies that are handed out at the end of each season, regardless of performance, well they’re pretty forgettable, too. Am I proud of my kids?  Of course!  But if you take the suspense out of it, where’s fun? Continue reading Best Award Ever

Good-bye Winter

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I think it was along winter for many of us, and I’m thrilled to greet the arrival of spring.  My Daffodils are in bloom and my tulips are sprouting.  Spring comes and goes rather quickly in Atlanta, so I’m going to try and enjoy it while it lasts.

Your time has come, now hasten little snowflakes,

 To vanish quite away;

 The spring-tide hours are sounding gentle warnings

 Forbidding you to stay.

 ~ M. E. Hathaway

 

Some pictures from our winter:

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At the end of my life…

It’s Finish the Sentence Friday, which I’ve unfortunately neglected the last few weeks.  I apologize to my fellow FTSF-ers, but I have been reading you.  This is my favorite link up, but I’ve had trouble getting my act together.  There’s just too much to do at this time of year.  But I’m not complaining – as hectic as it gets, it’s all good stuff.  I just had to make the good stuff a priority, because when I’m old, I hope to look back at my life and know that I was a good mom. Continue reading At the end of my life…