August 2017

I’ve been grumpy a lot lately when it comes to my kids. Grumpy about the mess they make, about their whining and complaining, about their screaming (mostly Sarah’s), about their fighting with each other. I feel like I am just a grumbly grumpy mean parent with occasional blips of niceness. This probably isn’t being fair… Read more »

Normally I take notes throughout the week about various moments that I want to remember. I haven’t taken any notes. My mind has been on other things. If Carl had a relative whom he had loved but who had mistreated me, and if he had their picture on our wall, if I asked him to… Read more »

Sarah floated by herself for 2 seconds!!!!!!!!!! Amy did big jumps into the pool while only touching the fingertips of the teacher. They both continue to make such astounding progress. I don’t know how the timing or classes will work when both move onto the next levels, but I will do all that I can… Read more »

Never, never, never again! Never will I do a stool test for Sarah unless it is somehow absolutely necessary. I had been so proud that I even managed to get the sample in the first place, but it was not worth it. We don’t yet have the results, but I still don’t think it was… Read more »