To the woman at the library this morning, You had some trouble treating the librarian as a human being and I thought I'd help you out by responding to each thing you said to him. While in line, you loudly said, "You know, there is a line here! Maybe you could hurry up and actually do your ... Read More about An Open Response
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All the Things: My Messy Beautiful
Today is a two nap day. We haven't had one of those in ages. But Eli and I spent all day yesterday in the emergency room trying to get his asthma under control, and now he's on steroids, which make him ANGRY. The kind of angry that makes everyone just want to go back to bed. Eli doesn't really get ... Read More about All the Things: My Messy Beautiful
Present
As 2013 comes to a close and I look toward 2014, I've decided to participate in One Word 365. It's a website/movement that looks to change the idea of New Year's Resolutions into a focus for the year instead. My one word for 2014 is "present." I am clinically depressed and have an anxiety ... Read More about Present
Waking Up
Ten minutes of Eli's conversation in his crib this morning: YOU! You stole my hat! E-i-e-i-o. Tractor, tractor, harvesting the wheat. Good bagel. All the colors. Happy birthday! Yay happy birthday. Red hat, red hat, Eli has a red hat. La la la la Elmo's song. Pumpkin waffle. Good boy, Toby. You ... Read More about Waking Up
This Too Shall Pass
Eli was diagnosed with asthma last week after his second trip to the emergency room for respiratory distress. Basically if he gets a cold, he's going to have significant trouble breathing. We now have inhaled steroids to use in his nebulizer: once a day as a preventative measure and twice if he's ... Read More about This Too Shall Pass