Stumbled upon an article summary last week, “Bad Behavior Linked to Poor Parenting.” I am going to call this BBLtPP. I clicked on the link with butterflies, hoping not to find something like: We’re following a pediatrician with 2 sons, one doctor husband, and one overweight Labrador who live in Seattle. She writes a blog. […]
Parenting
Which Is It?
I spent the weekend lying around feeling like death on a cracker. And most of my mental thought other than, “Please, please go away, bug” was consumed by the question, “Which is it?” Food poisoning and a bad weekend for me or Gastroenteritis and a bad week for me, my O, my F, the husband, […]
Seeker.
Seeking perspective and cure. If it’s true that life is all about your perspective, I know this Friday sunshine will help. This past week has been a total mind melting experience. Cloudy and cold, too. With my mom’s chemotherapy and subsequent complications, my perspective of medicine has changed again. Forever. Being the patient, or in […]
Doctor, Daughter, Mother, and Wife: Four Corners
My mom starts chemotherapy tomorrow. It feels like my two feet are reaching to stand in four separate corners. Doctor, Daughter, Mom and Wife. Four corners. Except nothing about the sky looks like Utah right now. I’m caught in the middle of a generational sandwich. I’ve started to understand that taking care of those older […]
This Crockpot Is Gonna Save Me
Game changer in our house. Splurged on a fancy crockpot last week. Big news, I know. Should have sent out a flyer. My beloved crockpot. Regal, able, and ready like any good army, boy scout, or Labrador Retriever. This.crockpot.is.gonna.save.me. Last week broke me a bit. We’ve not been sleeping again. Previous memo to the boys […]
When Not To Work
It’s cloudy with a chance of clouds right now. Then a chance of rain. Then rain again this weekend. O is napping. F is at school. It’s still and cloudy here. Why not work? I’m about to shoot my first ever, Seattle Mama Doc self-produced-self-filmed-self-created-video. Sounds a little like navel staring but will hopefully be […]
Verbatim: 3 Mutterings From My World
1 “Daddy!” This from O when I say (and coach him), “Say, Mommy, O. Say, Mommeeeee.” Every time I walk in the door, same thing, “Daddddddeeeeeee!” He likes getting a rise out of me. Lovely little rug rat. Then F starts the day today clearing up what we call each other, “O calls you Daddy, […]
Valentine, Circa 2004
Tell me, shall I re-use this little valentine? Part of my efforts to reduce, re-use, & recycle? See, I’ve got these little boys now… I make the husband a valentine each year. The valentines of the past few years have been less beautiful and less wondrous than the first few, some decade ago. The distractions […]
Dear Sleep, Come Home.
You’ll be pleased to know in response to the poor quality of sleep in our house, for 4 consecutive nights, due to colds and random screaming I’ve just sent a memo to the boys. It reads: Beloved Boys, Sleep starts at 8pm and no later. We rise around 7am in our home, just after Mommy […]
