We always had a Christmas program. Every year, our children’s choir director, Ms. Mary Evelyn, would bestow upon us our musical. Somehow, I always ended up being Mary. I was ok with that because Mary always had a solo. Of course she did! She WAS the mother of Christ. We rehearsed and rehearsed the musical until we had it down… Read More
My feet hit the floor. I concentrate on the way my weight shifts on the bottom of my feet. This is my only focus…besides counting my breaths. I have a severe anxiety disorder and a child who has been diagnosed with a global developmental delay. This diagnosis will likely be changed to the autism spectrum soon. He is mainly non-verbal…. Read More
Recently, I got the urge to look back through the photos taken of my son throughout his 3 years. It was interesting to me that not only was I watching my son grow up, but I was also watching my photography skills refine. When I first started taking photos, it was for the soul purpose of capturing my son’s moments… Read More
If you were to have told me how difficult being a parent was before I had a baby, the thought in my head would have been, “How difficult can being a stay-at-home mom be? Really? Stop your griping and complaining!”. Yeah. Not only is it difficult to be a stay at home mommy, but being a mommy of a… Read More
While snuggling down into bed, I began to think of how wonderful clean sheets feel. From there, I began to count my blessings. These are the thoughts I had. 1. I am thankful for clean sheets. 2. I am thankful for a machine to make my sheets clean. 3. I am thankful for power and water to make my machine… Read More
After a long fun weekend, we packed up and headed to Birmingham for not so much fun. Asher was scheduled to meet with the neurosurgeon at Children’s for the first time. He was tired of being in the car, and I was nervous. I had some idea of what we would hear, but I was surprised, too. Children’s is an… Read More
