Mother's Day can be a difficult day for a lot of people, especially those who have lost their mother. I am so fortunate to have a mother-in-law now who has honestly filled that role in my life, but for more than 20 years of my life, I had no mother on Mother's Day. Here are… Continue reading When you don’t have a mother on Mother’s Day.
Tag: growing up
Letting life happen.
I've seen the movie Forrest Gump probably 500 times. At LEAST 500. It's one of my favorite movies, and my dad loved Tom Hanks movies, so we watched it a lot. Watching it on Netflix with Spencer yesterday, I got kind of emotional. I don't know if it's because I have a child now, and… Continue reading Letting life happen.
Clingy boy.
Clinginess used to be a huge irritant to me... clingy people drove me crazy and usually drove me away. My almost 17-month-old has always been clingy to mommy, but is going through an exceptionally clingy phase. He wants me to hold him ALL the time. He wants me sitting within arms reach. He wanders around… Continue reading Clingy boy.
16 months.
Spen-J is 16 months old today. HE IS THE BEST. The literal best. We couldn't have been blessed with a sweeter, funnier boy. (Help me remember that when he's older.) At 16 months, his vocabulary and personality are really blossoming. I love watching him think and process things. And he of course has no filter,… Continue reading 16 months.
Grandma.
I didn't have a mom growing up, and as much as I loved my dad, I didn't always feel very connected with him emotionally. My very favorite relative was always my Grandma Donna. She lived two hours away from us and we would talk on the phone every single night. I remember before cell phones,… Continue reading Grandma.
Friday faces.
Our first bully.
I took Spen out a couple times today, and now that he's getting bigger, he's starting to have more contact with other kids, especially "big" kids, and that kind of freaks me out. Our paths crossed with two different kindergarten age boys today. The first was at Barnes and Noble. There's a little table in… Continue reading Our first bully.
Oh, tantrums.
Well, we are definitely heading into the toddler years with our tantrum skills on point. It's kind of sad to see him freaking out, but it's also kind of funny, because he's crying over the most ridiculous things. He cries when he can't go outside. He cries when he has to come back inside. He… Continue reading Oh, tantrums.
More lessons.
1) Baby clothes . We got a lot of clothes at our baby showers, and I took all the tags off and washed them before he was born. Well, he was an exceptionally large newborn and didn't fit in his newborn clothes, and only wore his 3 month clothes for a few weeks. Since a… Continue reading More lessons.
People come and go.
This week I was doing some spring cleaning, which included throwing out junk from the closet. I came across this ratty shoebox that I've carried around since childhood, which holds a lifetime of cards (birthday, get well, etc). I took the time to go through them. Some cards looked familiar... "oh! I remember grandma sent… Continue reading People come and go.
Kristen Stewart, Writer 