My daughter and a couple of her friends felt helpless when their friend died yesterday. They have actually felt helpless through her entire struggle with cancer. They felt the need to band together and do something. So, they decided on a lemonade stand to generate funds to donate to Childrens Cancer Research Fund, one of [...]
Archive for April, 2010
A Virtual Lemonade Stand
April 30th, 2010 
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Posted in blogging, my life 
Tags: cancer, childrens cancer research fund, haley nathan, virtual lemonade stand 
6 Comments »On Death Again
April 30th, 2010 admin My children have been very lucky. They have been sheltered from and have had no experience with death. No loved ones, no pets(aside from goldfish), not even a houseplant(that cactus the I overwatered doesn’t count). Everyone and everything that my kids hold close and dear are still here. Perhaps it’s my fault. Maybe not. Like [...]
Posted in my life Tags: death, kids experiencing friends death, realizations from death 14 Comments »Finally Sleeping Through The Night.
April 28th, 2010 admin In September of 2007 I started this crazy thing called blogging. Which…WOW, this is the longest I’ve ever stuck to anything. But that’s neither here nor there. So. Back in 2007, when I had this fricking awesome blog called Such Simple Pleasures where I complained constantly about my then almost 4 year old son never [...]
Posted in crazy family, my life Tags: 6 yrs of not sleeping, kids, nighttime, sleep, son finally sleeps at night 8 Comments »If I Could Escape
April 27th, 2010 admin Ever since I can remember, I have carried with me this urge to explore. A kind of unfulfilled wanderlust. When I was younger, the thought of following a traintrack to wherever it ends, or exploring the woods until I got lost was SO incredibly beautiful to me, a perfect way to spend the day…or two. [...]
Maybe I Looked Too Deeply Into The Hot Tub Time Machine And This Is What I Got Out Of It.
April 24th, 2010 admin I was one of the last remaining human beings on the face of the planet to see Hot Tub Time Machine. Even my kids saw it before me. Yes, I let my kids see it. I’m a badass mom like that. Actually, I had no clue how inappropriate some of the scenes were for early [...]
Posted in my life Tags: choosing a different path, hot tub time machine, life redo, the road less travelled 7 Comments »My Response To Mom Sparks Post On Divorce…
April 22nd, 2010 admin I read the post about divorce that my friend Amy over at Mom Spark wrote. And it was a very powerful post about how her parents divorce shaped her. Go read it. I decided that, instead of leaving a comment the size of a post, I’d just write a post. Because yeah, been there. Only, [...]
Posted in my life Tags: divorce, ending a marriage, it's ok to get divorced, remarriage 24 Comments »Life, Death And Children
April 21st, 2010 admin So often I find myself seething in anger and frustration. My kids drive me insane so much of the time. I am easily exasperated and annoyed. I pray to win the lottery so that I can get a bigger house with a separate wing that houses the menagerie of children that live with me and [...]
