Jesus Drive By

The other day Mr. E was sitting on a bench with Eli waiting for me to finish running and a woman and her kids sat down next to them…started making conversation. She asked Eli’s name and Mr. E told her and she said “Oh, straight out of the Bible. Does Eli love Jesus?”

OH [...]

Talking About Love

Let me think of how to put this delicately.
Practically seconds after I started thinking “ok, maybe, let’s try this, I might be ready for this baby thing. Maybe. I guess?” I was pregnant. In the time between when it happened and when I found out I decided that if it didn’t happen [...]

Using Your Powers For Good

I just got my period for the first time in 15 months (along with the debilitating cramps caused by my endometriosis), tonight is one of the two nights per week that Mr. E works late at his second job, and Eli would only take a half an hour nap this morning.
Pray for me. Seriously. Or [...]

Not Working

Here’s a dirty little secret.
Although it is not something I would admit even to myself, ahead of time, prior to Eli, one of the reasons I wanted to be a stay at home mom is because I didn’t really like working. Although I knew as you do all the politically correct $148,000 [...]

The Story of the Elizabeths

I hid my scale right before my parents got here.
Part of the reason is because I think I stole it from their bathroom the last time I was at their house. (Hi, I am 12). But mostly I wanted to see how it would feel if I separated myself from the numbers I [...]

Wish Me Luck

My mom is visiting…she has no idea about my blog so I won’t be posting till the weekend, maybe. Although after cleaning the house for three days straight and then spending four days with my mom I am not lying when I say I can already tell I’m really going to just want to [...]

ROY G BIV

My mom and stepfather arrive in less than 24 hours and my house is a hardcore disaster area and I completely exhausted myself running eight miles on Sunday and I have the crabbiest baby ever in the history of all time and so naturally I decided that now was a good time to put my [...]

The R Word

Ever since I read Tricia’s post the other day I can’t stop thinking about it.
The word retard has always been the dirtiest word in my life. Hearing it is like being punched in the stomach, every time. It never gets any better. It never goes away.
I still remember going [...]

Safe

I marched around my house yesterday gathering up all the baby crap stamped “Made In China” so I could throw it all out because all of the “surprise! There’s lead in your child’s bib” hoo ha is really really pissing me off and I can only imagine what might be next. Surprise! I’ve had enough. [...]

Greener Grass

I’m not asking for advice. I’m just thinking out loud.
Mr. E and I first lived together in a tiny apartment in Ann Arbor Michigan. The first year was rough. Michigan made me miserable.
The sun never shone. I hated my job. (In retrospect, it was a terrible terrible job.) I was fatter than [...]