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"These are a Few of My Favorite Things."

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In honor of the amazing holiday season that is slipping by us so quickly, I’m going to list out a few of my favorite things! The things that help me keep my head above water, help me stay healthy and save me sacred, sacred time! As a mom, career woman, caregiver, mock nurse to our youngest with many medical complications and the crazy lady in charge of keeping all of this afloat, I need help. I need energy. I needed to find resources to help because, like most every mom, I can not do this alone!  So, without further ado and in no particular order, here are 10 of my favorite things. My time saving, self caring, mom friendly, favorite things! WalMart Grocery Pick Up. Seriously guys, this is a GAME CHANGER! If it’s available in your area and you aren’t using it, start. Now. Close this blog and make your grocery order! An easier life is just a few clicks away.... Amazon Subscribe and Save. Truth: I haven’t bought toilet paper from the store in over a year! I get my paper produ...

Dear December.

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Oh, December I have a love-hate relationship with you. I love you because you’re December!  You sprinkle beautiful, white bliss all over the dread grass and bare trees. You bring comfort and joy! You host the holiday that I’ve loved since I was a child and love even more as a mother! You are beautiful and giving. You’re full of cookies and eggnog and all of my favorite foods. I LOVE that about you. But....I struggle with you. Every year, I struggle with you. You bring sadness and painful memories. You remind me of everything that was almost taken away from me. You remind me of how close I was to losing my son. You host memories of unbearable news and long, heart wrenching sonograms. You are the month that held the words, “prepare to bury  your child” and, “your baby’s body is broken. He just wasn’t wired right”. You hold lies. You remind me every year of the scary 24 hours before you marked our son's December 21st birthday. The 24 hours of breath holding, non-stress testing a...