November 30, 2009 I cry every year on my birthday. I don’t know why. It’s not because I’m getting older or that I’m not happy. I guess I cry because it is a yearly reminder that life is changing. When I was younger my biggest fear was watching my parents grow old. I didn’t want to leave the security of my childhood home…with all my siblings, pets and school routines. I didn’t want life to change. I used to cry…
a years of Thanks
November 25, 2009November 24, 2009 It’s midnight and I just came home from the hospital. Every night this past week has been shared with my mother in her hospital room. Last week she was re-admitted due to abnormal lab tests. After treating her for a week, they found another indication that her body is rejecting the new kidney. So instead of coming home, she will be in the hospital for the next couple weeks undergoing more treatment. It’s been…
Real Moments.
November 18, 2009November 17, 2009 My mother had a kidney transplant last week. Hours following the surgery she had a heart attack, in which they had to perform an emergency stent operation. It was one of the hardest days of my life. Exactly one week ago, I was rushing to the hospital with tears down my eyes, clutching my rosary and sobbing the entire devotional prayer. My whole family sat nervously in the waiting room that evening crying, praying and hoping the…
Mommy Fitness Blog: Drained.
November 13, 2009It’s been a lllloooonnngg week. I JUST finished cleaning my house: from laundry, to trash, to dishes, to floors, etc. I am SO much happier when my house is happy. I’m also happy when my health is happy, however, I have NOT been working out as regularly and have continued my ‘life is a workout’ plan for the past two weeks. Every day I wake up sore. Every morning I wake up sleepy. And Every day I go throughout my…
going with the flow…
November 5, 2009November 4, 2009 I don’t take un-planned events well.In truth, I’m the type of person who hates dishes in the sink, messy beds, dirty laundry, full trash bins and cars with gas tanks close to empty. Those things are probably on the top of my list..I haven’t even gotten to the rest. Yesterday was one of those’ days. I was so exhausted that I fell asleep next to Christian around 7:30pm and didn’t wake up until 6am the next morning.…
Mommy Fitness Blog:my life is my workout
November 3, 2009So I confess…I’m still eating the Halloween candy. In fact, I’ve been picking at it for two weeks prior to Halloween and will most likely keep picking well after… Halloween was great. The costumes fit! That was a scare! And the party was great. We set up a haunted house for the kids in the garage, played games, had lots of food, costumes, family and friends. It turned out better than expected. I felt a sigh of relief though when…