It wasn’t long ago that what I consistently heard from our son on Sunday mornings was along these lines:
“Mom, I don’t want to go to church.” “Mom, it’s boring.” “Mom, I just don’t like church.” [Read more…] about Back to Basics… 252 Basics
Thoughts from the E.R.
Josh’s Saturday afternoon playdate came to a sadly abrupt end when he somehow landed on his foot weird on the trampoline. We went home, iced it down, gave him ibuprofen… and it just didn’t seem to be getting better. It turns out that what I thought might have been a bad stubbed toe was a dislocated toe that may or may not have a bit of a fracture on one of the bones. We hit the ER at about 7, hoping to beat all of the usual Saturday “festivities” that happen at the emergency room, and we stayed until 2 am. Yeah… anyway… some thoughts that occurred while we waited.
Let me sum up…
It’s been awhile since either of us did anything here on the blog. We’ve had a busy spring/summer season. Let’s see…
The Year of Here
I personally detest New Year’s resolutions. Everybody makes them, few people actually are successfull with them. Last year, with Brian’s help, i set some pretty intentional goals. And i didn’t complete a single one. Did i make progress on any of them? Yes, actually. I made decent progress on all of them. But i did not actually finish any of them.
For the past few months i’ve been thinking about what 2011 will be like. I decided to not go down exactly the same goal-setting path that i used last year.
Out of The Darkness Part 2: The Light at the end of the tunnel
So there i was, sitting in my doctor’s office with tears streaming down my face. I was at the end of my rope, and the conclusion that both Brian and I had come to was that i needed medical help. (or, as we began to call it, better living through chemistry)
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Out of The Darkness Part 1: The Darkness
Recently Brian and I had a conversation in which he referred back to the time when Josh was small and I had a very difficult struggle with depression. I had not thought about that part of my life in some time, and got thinking about everything that led up to the day when i finally decided to ask for help. It’s something that i’ve shared with friends and family, but i’ve never really sat down and written it all out before.
In October 2004, Joshua was born. Our much-loved and long-awaited baby boy changed our lives forever as he entered the world. His birth was an amazing experience, although my body needed some time to recover and during that time i started to slide into depression a bit. I think it was probably what most people would call the baby blues – but it never quite went away.