morning

oh, it's time to go? great. let me just lose my shoe, my folder, and also, I might have to pee. And maybe cry. -my kids.

essence

Kayla captured the essence of my soul with this one....

news

obvs

conversation with 9 yo: talking about the nile river. "do you know what that is?" "yes, the big river in egypt." "how do you know that?" "scooby doo, duh. the one with mummies."

optimism

in memoriam

baby

welcome, alonzo. i needed you and i didn't know it.

parenting

goals

c'mon

So. In the last 2 weeks: my 9 year old started her period. my cat died. i had staph in my finger which still isn't resolved. i had to be tooth fairy 3 times. and i bounced a check. i officially say "mercy".

kid

M2: what are you laughing at? me: it wouldn't make sense to you. M2: Everything makes sense to me. *whispers*.. everything.

trees

update

ansley is in jacksonville, florida, getting proton radiation 5 days a week for 6 weeks, in addition to her chemotherapy. i don't understand a lot of it, but they have to radiate the area in which the tumor grew, even though it is currently shrinking. it was wrapped around her eustachian tube, so there's a 50% chance she'll lose hearing, and a slimmer chance that she'll lose sight (due to tumor location) as a result of the radiation. bless her sweet little heart.

virgo

overheard

children, discussing minecraft. M2 - "your houses are always cooler than mine. it really bothers me that yours are cooler." for whatever reason i find this statement of fact amusing.

powerful

just.... wow.

crafty

so this is how i spent my sunday afternoon....

warsan shire

fathers

momma

a text from my friend, during a particularly bad thunderstorm and power outage: 'so your sweet family is here, dinner and a movie. the power went out because of the storms we're having. m1 says to me, i'm glad we're here but i would be more comforted if my mom was here because she makes everything ok. and she would make this fun, she makes everything fun, so we danced in the dark to make it more fun like you would have. god i love these girls, b, and they love you so. you're doing a fucking amazing job momma.' and this made me cry.