Archive for November, 2007
Please make me leave my house
I have been struggling with a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad week. Y’all don’t want to hear me whine but believe me, seeing my daughter’s spleen was probably the highlight. I just want to crawl back into my fluffy, cocoon-like bed and eat my giant sugar-filled chocolate chip cookie. Or half a cookie.
HEY, WHO ATE […]
Published by angelawd on November 30th, 2007 tagged Just Act Normal | 7 Comments »
The Inside Story
Whenever my pregnant friends showed me an ultrasound of their babies, I’d have to smile politely and nod as they pointed things out. I didn’t see a darn thing. None of it looked like fetus. “Look, here’s the head. I think she’s smiling.” They’d say. Sure, yeah. That’s great.
So I don’t know why I thought yesterday’s […]
Published by angelawd on November 27th, 2007 tagged Abnormal Motherhood, Mom of Teens | 5 Comments »
Thankful for Thanksgiving
Wednesday afternoon four unhappy people joined the millions of drivers swarming away from Chicago. A 4.5 hour drive to Ann Arbor stretched out to seven hours because of the traffic jam, and it was seven quiet, troubled hours.
First Born uninvited her roomie, Adopted Daughter, because of a series of disagreements and FB’s concern about her […]
Published by angelawd on November 25th, 2007 tagged Joyful living | 10 Comments »
See, I told you I was sick.
Those of you who have been following along are aware of Little One’s chronic stomachaches. Remember the worst birthday ever? Most mornings she would take her temperature and then announce she was too sick to go to school and then there would be a long argument. Later I’d get text messages frantically telling me she was too sick to […]
Published by angelawd on November 21st, 2007 tagged Abnormal Motherhood, Mom of Teens | 7 Comments »
The first thing I’m thankful for this week
This weekend Big Guy and I went to his god-daughter’s fourth birthday party. We ove this little girl and her parents dearly, but I came away with an overwhelming feeling of thankfulness that the little years are over for us.
I know that big birthday parties with a dozen shrieking children and their doting mamas must have been […]
Published by angelawd on November 19th, 2007 tagged Abnormal Motherhood, Mom of Teens | 3 Comments »
Tell Me How Your Day Was
Dear God,
Please pour out your protection on my Little One. I know that out of all the moms in the world you chose me to be the mother of the Child Who Has Made Swear Words Come Out of My Mouth, but if she wakes me up at 5 a.m. one more morning telling me that she has […]
Published by angelawd on November 16th, 2007 tagged Mom Prayers, Mom of Teens | 13 Comments »
Only Eight Things?
Mary over at Motherwise Cracks has tagged me for a meme on eight little or unknown things about me. Only eight? Geez, which things should I share?
1. I played the clarinet in Junior High/High School band for six years without fully learning how to read music. I think I missed something early on in band […]
Published by angelawd on November 15th, 2007 tagged Just Act Normal | 10 Comments »
My little emo girl
Sometimes I get the chance to see beyond my teen’s argumentative, eye-rolling attitude exterior and into the heart of my lonely emo teen. I saw this when she talked to me (again) about her plans to move out as soon as she finishes high school. “I think I’ll just move into an apartment by myself. It’s […]
Published by angelawd on November 14th, 2007 tagged Mom of Teens | 10 Comments »
Must be love.
Big Guy: You’re wearing my jacket.
Me: What’s yours is mine, honey.
BG: I don’t understand these marriage economics yet.
Me: Which ones? The ones where a teenage daughter equals an empty wallet?
BG: The whole thing. The University of Illinois has a respected economics department. I studied business for years. I still don’t understand marriage economics.
Me: Maybe you […]
Published by angelawd on November 13th, 2007 tagged Life With the Big Guy | 4 Comments »
I need heart help.
My heart is not very Christian today. I’m praying for a change in my spirit, a new way of approaching my thoughts. I’m praying a lot today.
Yesterday was my church’s annual congregational meeting. For those of you who aren’t regular church attenders, this is the time when my church approves the annual budget, looks over […]