The Fever
For those of you that aren’t connected to me on Facebook or haven’t picked up on my few Twitter updates about my sick little girl, here’s the long, drawn out, painfully detailed history. 1926 words of history. A post that has proven to me that if I just freaking blogged more, I could save you all the NOVEL that is Catching Up. Lesson learned. Hold on tight… Two Sunday’s ago, 10/25, we took Lyla to the ER because of a fever of 102.7 that was not coming down despite Tylenol, Motrin, tepid baths, or any other method we tried. The visit went quickly and they were extremely respectful of the fact that I didn’t want to me in a germ infested waiti

Old Man
He is wrinkled, aged, probably a World War II veteran. Old. He walks with a limp, his head hung low due to the hunch in his back, hobbling across the parking lot. I wonder if he sees what is in front of him or if he can only watch the ground. I wonder when the last time was that he could look up and see the stars. He makes me think of my Grandparents, all four of them, still living as their ages creep up towards 90. I say a prayer for them, like I do every night, and thank God for the fact that they’re still here; that they got to see me get married; that they get to be in my daughter’s life. He stands in front of me in line clad in his baseball cap

The One About Food
First, while I was composing this post, my Real Simple Daily Finds email arrived in my inbox. I checked it out and there was a link to this. I know that there are some major skeptics out there about organic food. Those of your that have been, “JUST FINE!” eating thirteen different kinds of pesticides and chemical-formed hormones (in just one APPLE) your ENTIRE lives so why change now? You’re JUST FINE. Well, okay. I’m not. We don’t exactly have a disposable i

My Part
What are some of the things you do to support the health of our environment? I know there are so many MORE things that I could be doing, but I feel like we’re so much more conscious of the environment now that we ever have been. I know quite a few of your cloth diaper and I commend you for that. However, because I’m a working mother and my daughter attends a daycare facility, they require disposables. (They also require vaccinations and I’m okay with that – do not yell at me.) There are some things we cannot do because we live in a condo. Even though we own it, we have common areas and there are all sorts of uniformity rules so I couldn’t exactly

Girlyman
Photo credit, My EHH. Editing done with the Photoforge App on iPhone We went to the Girlyman concert at Infinity Hall on Wednesday night. Po’Girl opened for them (Warning: Po’Girl’s site will launch a music player). It was a fantastic show. Their talent is just amazing. Music is a huge part of my life. I prefer listening to musi