The Tale of Two Bunnies
These two bunnies may resemble each other in form, but at the end of the day they are unique in their bunniness. I have two sons. Although there are some similarities between them, mothering these two...
View ArticleLike Sands Through the Hour Glass…
Our water boy Oh, boys. Today, Joe had a friend come over to hang out. Everything was going well until they decided to take a hockey stick and hit some home runs using Luke’s Lego models as the ball....
View ArticleThe Life I Never Meant To Live
This is what it’s all about. At a loss as to what to write about this evening, I decided to let chance select my topic. I flipped to a random tab in my Bunny Buddhism book and selected the first quote...
View ArticleThe Daily Pearls
Here I am being a wise bunny and soaking up the moment with some sea lions in the Galapagos Islands. As the time ticked by this evening and I was watching the Colorado Avalanche lose game 6 of the...
View ArticleA Mile In Their Bunny Feet
This is what it’s like to struggle with number formation at 46. Go ahead and tell me I need to come in over recess. I may cry. Today my husband and I received a priceless gift. We were able to...
View ArticleSon of a Beach
Joe at the top of his hill As we began our descent into fall last year, we spent one perfect afternoon on our friends’ pontoon boat on the reservoir near our house. It turned out to be the last...
View ArticleI Got My Report Card
So proud of these little monkeys A bunny can only learn what he has the humility to admit he doesn’t know. ~Bunny Buddhism About five days ago we received a large and rather heavy envelope from the...
View ArticleThe Littlest Teachers
Me and my little teachers Thirteen years ago, I was about one month away from becoming a mother. Back then, I thought I had a fairly decent grasp on who I was. Thirteen years and two children later, I...
View ArticlePigs in Pink Aprons
Little pig indeed I had all kinds of really good intentions today to get a lot done and not rush my way through a blog at the end of the day like I usually do. That was my grand plan. But then...
View ArticleSelf-Portrait of the New Me
The forties have been an interesting decade for me. I started them with some sort of vendetta, something to prove to myself and to others. After a few years of tearing down my comfort zone and boldly...
View ArticleParkour and Seven Years Ago
Our little guy works on his vault skills. “To try and fail is at least to learn; to fail to try is to suffer the inestimable loss of what might have been.” ― Chester Barnard When our boys were little,...
View ArticleSnarky Snark
This is my career. How could it be worthless? Warning: I am about to have a tirade. Today, think of me only as Snarky Snark. Ever since I made the choice to leave my career and stay home with my sons,...
View ArticleAlmost Famous
Joe reading my blog on his iPad. The other night, my sister stayed with our sons so hubby and I could attend a theater performance. Now that our boys are older, we get out quite a bit more than we used...
View ArticleAll Apologies
This morning I was going through some of the boys’ school papers. Joe almost never hands his to me because he flat-out forgets. I recover them months later when I notice his backpack has become too...
View ArticleThe Puppy and The Bone I Threw Him
Not the puppy in question I recently wrote about how excited I was that my son found and began reading my blog posts. At the time, I felt like Queen of the World because this demonstrated to me, in...
View ArticleSherlock, The Princess Bride, and the Flushed Frosting
Who puts frosting in the toilet? Satan! Some curious things happen in our house. Random things. Bizarre things. Things I never would have imagined would occur in the world I occupied before giving...
View ArticleTalk Amongst Yourselves
Who would win? A ninja or Darth Maul? Discuss. As we were driving home yesterday, we were discussing our upcoming weekend plans. Through the discussion, Luke realized that he was going to be missing...
View ArticleSnap Out Of It
The beauty of untrodden snow “We aren’t here to make things perfect. The snowflakes are perfect. The stars are perfect. Not us. Not us! We are here to ruin ourselves and to break our hearts and to love...
View ArticleThe Tell-Tale Cry of Nothing
Little monsters I was standing in our sons’ bedroom tonight as they were settling in for the night and I was struck with a memory from our recent past. When they were younger, on occasion I would hear...
View ArticleI’m Probably On A Government Watch List For Searching Ricin Today
My two best conversation starters I have an issue with Breaking Bad, and that issue is that I can’t stop watching it. The show is over, I know. Still, for some reason, I find myself watching it when I...
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