-Crickets. Imagine Indiana Jones saying, "snakes, I hate SNAKES." and then exchange the word 'snake' for the word 'crickets' and you have a small idea of how I feel. I revert to a 3-year-old and point and freeze saying "Ben Ben Ben Ben Ben Ben" and he knows that tone in my voice and come running with a paper towel. My knight! At night my house is overcome by a plague of crickets, pouring in all … [Read more...]
my imperfections are so many
April 1, 2009 by · 2 Comments
I was talking to a mom that has a somewhat severely mentally and physically handicapped child. He wears braces on his legs and is more at the level of a 2-3 year old rather than his six years. I forgot what exactly his official diagnosis is, but it doesn't really matter for the sake of this post. Physically he looks pretty normal but she told me that sometimes when she goes into a store she'll put … [Read more...]
like an alarm…
February 6, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
The other day Ben was scrolling through all of these noises on a sleep machine application for his iphone. There was the white noise, jungle, rain, etc. He settled on one that created the imagery of a perfect day: a slight white/traffic noise in the background with an occasional bird chirping, etc. It made me think of a beautiful sunny day at the park in the early spring. Today, it was that day. … [Read more...]
ahhh that Christmas time of year…
December 27, 2008 by · 1 Comment
My top 10 favorite things I did the week of Christmas:10. Attended a Christmas service at a mega church where I don't know anyone. (Attended church with my whole family!)9. Get sick with migraines and stomach pain Christmas Eve, Day and Day after. (Not eating for 24 hours balanced my over indulgence on Christmas Eve!)8. Bachelorette (yes, 5 days before Christmas) party where I felt like the fat, … [Read more...]