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I am one tired mama. My kids...all three...have had the stomach flu. I woke up yesterday to Jill covered in puke, Lu covered in poo, and Henry needing a bucket. Laundry, laundry, … [Read more...]

Expectations, Part 2

As I thought through the idea of college and how children and expectations fell with that, I remembered a whole other set of expectations of mine that were blown right out of the … [Read more...]

This Face.

I love this face. But last night...and the last few nights... this face has been on my List. You know the List. It's not a good one to be on. It's not her fault though. We think her new medication is … [Read more...]

Our New Normal

I realize that I have yet to really tell you how JillyBean is doing.  So I suppose I should do that, no? (No pictures today...I have a million and one things going on and just didn't have the brain … [Read more...]

Picture Book Post

Our adventures in pictorial form. I snapped this with my camera phone.  This is my teeny Jilly all hooked up on a stretcher at the emergency room.  I can't explain why, but I was desparate for … [Read more...]

Blogging from the Hospital

Boy, oh boy. What. a. day. You know those days when it's 7:45 a.m. and you say to your husband: "Can it be bedtime yet?  Today's gonna be terrible.  I can feel it in my bones." A direct quote. No … [Read more...]

The 12 Stages…

Yesterday Jilly had a neurologist appointment. At 7:30 a.m. At a doctor's office an hour away. As I got dressed, I was annoyed. Super annoyed. I didn't feel like going. I was just. plain. … [Read more...]

Little Jill

I haven't blogged much about Jill and her status updates because there really wasn't anything to update about.  She was still getting twice weekly therapy and we were just ho-humming along. At some … [Read more...]