Jennifer Briggs

It was another week of sickness. We did make it to Sarah’s birthday party and that went well but I was wiped out afterward and had a couple more very hard days. Sarah had a swollen cheek which the doctor thinks was from biting it accidentally while eating, as we all have done at one… Read more »

Sickness abounds. Last weekend I was very sick and missed Sarah’s party for grown ups. Luckily Sonia came over to help with everything from dishes to laundry to kids to preparing for Monday so between her and Carl everything was taken care of, including me. Tuesday both girls were home with pink eye and I… Read more »

We are approaching Sarah’s 10th birthday (coming Tuesday). Each birthday is always a mixed bag of emotions on my side. I am amazed that she is going to be 10. That is clearly impossible because she was just born yesterday. I am so blessed to have her and the people who have come into my… Read more »

Yesterday in the wee hours Sonia and I boarded a bus for DC and joined the multitudes. It was an amazing experience. It was also a very long day with lots of sitting, lots of standing, some times of being squished a bit, being cold, being hungry, and being tired. I have been much more… Read more »

The girls have strep throat again. This is the second time for each. Neither time has either of them showed any signs of having a sore throat or being very sick at all. It is always other little odd symptoms that are different for each child so it takes me a while to realize they… Read more »

It is really easy to have revelations and solve all of my problems when the problems are not present. I swear that I had everything figured out. I remembered that when the girls scream or resist (and I mostly mean Sarah here) then it doesn’t mean that I am a bad mom. I had plans… Read more »

Christmas morning. Me: it’s too early to go downstairs. We can’t go down before 5. What time is it? Amy: 4:45 Me: (laughing and laughing some more) By 5:30 we were down stairs and by 7:30 we were done with Christmas morning. Naps and lunch were completed by 11:30. One morning, Sarah was watching a… Read more »

Amy seems to have suddenly learned to read. I know it hasn’t been sudden in reality, but it still seems that way. She knocks my socks off just as much as Sarah does, even if I take it for granted that she will. Still. Wow. With her new sewing machine and Carl’s help, Sarah made… Read more »

You know you have a child with eating restrictions when a couple of hours before attending a birthday party you are hastily whipping up a batch of cupcakes so she will have something to eat at the party. I had been meaning to make them for days because I like to have them around as… Read more »

The Pigeon is riding the bus. Sarah rode the bus (van) to school on Monday for the first time. She seemed happy enough when I buckled her in, but I was a royal mess once I got inside the house. I haven’t cried so hard about any previous step of hers. This felt big and… Read more »