“Deeeeeelicious Mama! Are you going to put this on Facebook? You really should!” WOW - Jacob (7) complimented my cooking! He apparently loved my Easy Cheesy Pasta Bake! The fact that he wanted me to put it on Facebook was hysterical too. Does he really think that I put our lives on display for View Post
I Didn’t Cry!
Dear Jordan, I didn’t cry on your graduation day. I am sorry, but I think I ran out of tears a long time ago. I had planned on crying, knowing myself and the importance of the evening I had applied minimal eye makeup. I was hoping not to walk out of there looking like Alice Cooper with a mascara View Post
7 Signs that I am Turning Into One of THEM!
Toddlers! Every parent can pick them out of a line-up. Not just because of their short stature, plump cheeks and deceptively adorable smiles. But, also because of their tell-tale meltdowns, tantrums and fits of hysteria when things don’t quite go their way. I am currently going on the 6th View Post
Three Things to do When You STRUGGLE TO JUGGLE
Whether you are a stay at home mom or working mom, odds are that you have things to balance to just make it through a day. Some days balancing is easy, it almost becomes a sport - you can multitask and get just about anything done - even with a smile. Then other days... well, those are the days when View Post
Lovingly Letting Go – The Last Email to My Dad
My dad suffered a massive brain bleed from a ruptured cerebral aneurysm on March 17, 2008. He never woke up from his coma, so my mom, sister and I followed his final wish of lovingly letting him go. He went Home on June 8, 2008. The following is my last email to my dad, which I asked my mom and View Post
The Last Email From My Dad – Six Years Ago
Today marks the 6 year anniversary of when I last received an email from my dad. The poem listed below was not written by my dad, but it is a perfect illustration of his, at times comical, relationship with the Danish language. My dad forwarded the poem in an email to me, my sister and my mom on View Post
Feeling Guilty on this Mother’s Day, Letter to Myself
Dear Tove, I am writing you this letter on Mother’s Day, the day before you return to work after a four month maternity leave. The past months were incredible - the best of your life. You have grown as a person - as a mother, in ways I could have never imagined. Your dreams are clearer and your View Post
“Work/ Life Balance” – an Oxymoron
Work/ life balance. What an oxymoron, a big fat lie! How about “active guilt management” instead? When I hear the word “balance” I picture my kids sitting on the see-saw on our playground. When the two big kids sit on the see-saw there is BALANCE - they take turns bouncing up and down, but if View Post
Happy 8th Anniversary
Dearest Honey, Happy 8th anniversary! I have agonized for a while over what to give the love of my life in honor of our 8th wedding anniversary - and the choice was obvious - your very own blog post! A post to the man who so far has remained out of the blogging lime light, but without his support View Post
Why I Don’t Want My Baby Sleeping Through the Night
It is 4:00am and I wake up for the 15th time since I shut the lights off at 9:00pm and put Jonah in his cosleeper. Who took my boobs and exchanged them for canon balls?! And where is my baby? He normally falls asleep in his cosleeper, and then after he wakes up to nurse the first time, I let him View Post
Letting the Outside In!
We have lived in a social vacuum the past many years - and I say that with all the pride and love in my heart. Our little family grew from two, to three, four, five and now six all within a relatively short while. We have been a little self contained unit when it comes to entertainment and social View Post
Making Friends – Growing Pains!
“But Mama, I am just so nervous!” were his tearful words to me, when I gently encouraged him to go say “hi” to the boy that just moved in down the street. At that moment, when he stood at the kitchen table and cried, my heart broke for him and his childhood growing pains. I silently cursed the View Post
3 Things to do to Prepare for the End! – The End of Maternity Leave!
As we all know, all good things must come to an end - and so it is, that I am facing just another three weeks of maternity leave. Don’t get me wrong, I am extremely blessed and fortunate to get a total of 16 weeks with my baby. Our time together is not something I take for granted, nor is it View Post
The Dinner Time Blues
Some evenings I just dread dinner time. There I said it - dinner time can be a struggle, annoying and heart breaking. Yes, granted it is a time for the whole family to gather around the table, to share a meal and stories about our day at work and school. But wait , I said “share a meal”! The MEAL View Post