From the days of June Cleaver (and perhaps earlier?), there have been expectations of what a mother and wife should do. While I get incredibly angry over the idea that she should be submissive – even subservient to her husband, put everything aside for the sake of her children, and is responsible for the actions […]
Halloween Costume Idea
I love dressing up and pretending to be someone else. Growing up, I didn’t even know you could buy costumes because my mom always either made mine or we found some get up in the play clothes that transformed me into a Wealthy Old Maid (one of my favorites), a Black Cat (my last time […]
Wordless Wednesday
Brighten My Heart
I have not written in some time because I have been uncertain what to say. Sometimes it is hard for me to process my own feelings. I find that what I want to feel is often different from how I am feeling. Therefore I fight my feelings, trying to convince myself that I am not […]
Who wants to giggle?
Just sleep already!
I wanted to write a nice, positive, funny post about Jack chillin in a Target shopping cart, but all I want to say is AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! After sleeping for 20 minutes, Jack woke up screaming. This is unusual so I went to him and tried to comfort him. Thinking he might be teething again, I offered […]
Betcha Didn’t Know I Could Crochet!
During the last few months of my pregnancy I had four or five ultra-sounds to measure Jack’s head. The doctors were concerned that it was too big (measuring in the 90th percentile) though I kept assuring them, “All Kaihoi heads are big.” Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) I had a c-section due to low fluid levels […]
R&R… what’s that again?
On Monday I bought a home pregnancy test. No, Iām not pregnant, but the way I have been feeling the last week or so made me wonder. I have had an insatiable appetite, been nauseous, had cramps, and was light-headed. The way my body was acting, I thought something must have gone wrong with my […]
Wordless Wednesday!
Thoughts on the Last Post
The responses to my last post made me think a lot about what I experienced nine or ten months ago. The truth is I actually wrote the majority of that post last March or April. I wrote it when I was much closer to the drama than I am now. I wrote it when I […]