Archive for November, 2006

grace for today

Monday, November 27th, 2006

I went to bed last night determined that this would be the week I would begin waking up with an alarm clock before the little mister, that I would daily exercise and get those abs back into shape (or at least, into a new shape; not sure they’ll ever go “back”…), and that I would […]

thankful.

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

I’m so glad for the celebration we’ll have tomorrow. There are so many things on any given day that I really, truly am grateful for — but I just forget. On some days, I might even make you think (shame on me) that my life is only worthy of complaint. That is a sad, pathetic […]

baby mozart?

Thursday, November 16th, 2006

You know you’ve fallen into the “my kid is the cutest and smartest ever” trap when you say with sincere amazement, “Honey, look! He’s already learned how to try to eat his own sweater!”
A thought: If my kid really is so genius, wouldn’t he be trying to eat something other than a sweater? Just […]

two

Thursday, November 16th, 2006

Tonight I lay him down, the peace of sleep angelic on his little face, and I think once again,
“I don’t wanna close my eyes, I don’t wanna fall asleep ’cause I’ll miss you baby, and I don’t want to miss a thing…”
Two months old — two months and one hour.
Tomorrow when we wake, it will […]

parent training

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006

Today I read this — “instant, thorough, and cheerful,” a la 1888!
Such talk challenges me, that’s for sure, because I know that before beginning child discipline, there first must come parent discipline. An instructor instructs in what they already know, and so the image of what I would like my children to be — diligent, […]

monday.

Monday, November 13th, 2006

Mondays have a tendancy to put me in a frenzy. I wake up and suddenly realize that the weekend left me with a huge pile of laundry, dishes on the counter, a shortage of food, a house that needs to be cleaned again, and I’m more exhausted than I am rested. So, with that in […]