January 31, 2012

January. The end.

Wascana Lake, Regina, January 2010 A couple days ago, Liliana said to me: “Mama, can you go to my school and ask my teachers to take off the January month and put up the February month?” She is not a fan of January, but for very different reasons than me. She wants it to be [...]

January 27, 2012

anywhere but here

January is severely kicking my butt. I visited with a friend yesterday — who also suffers from depression that is worst in January — and it was so good to talk with her and find that we are so similar in our crazy, meaning that I’m not the only one who’s, as she put it, [...]

January 4, 2012

feels like home to me

Our toilet decided, yesterday, that it was no longer going to work. It decided that, when it was flushed, it was going to flood the bathroom floor instead of doing what it was supposed to do. None of our kids are at the age of putting things in the toilet (although I’m sure Preston will [...]

May 30, 2011

baby anxiety

I had to leave Preston for four hours this morning. I had anxiety about it in the days leading up to it, I had anxiety when I dropped him off, I had a lot of anxiety when I was away from him, and it only stopped when I picked him back up. I completely, 100%, [...]

February 16, 2011

the one where I hope for the best, but prepare for the worst

3-week-old Liliana Flynn Liliana woke up with a night terror last night. She hasn’t had one (that I can remember) since we lived in Regina. I went in to deal with her and when I couldn’t calm her down, I started to feel my anxiety rise very quickly. I just wanted her to STOP CRYING. [...]