In this family, we usually get sick one at a time (thankfully), and this time it's Chris' turn - he has strep throat. It's so bad that when he went to the doctor yesterday, she looked in his throat and said "WOW". His throat is so swollen that the swelling goes up into the roof of his mouth. It hurts for him to even touch his tongue to it. His glands are so swollen that his ears feel clogged up, even though they aren't. It's hard for me to see him like this, sleeping for hours and hours, then waking up in agony. I've been coaxing applesauce and pudding into him, but it kills me to do it because I know how much it hurts him to swallow anything. The antibiotics he's taking are these huge horse pills, and after he swallows one, he feels it go all the way down no matter how much water he drinks. He's pretty much quarantined himself in our bedroom because he doesn't want to get the kids sick. I debated sleeping on the couch last night but decided against it. If I'm going to get … [Read more...]
I Love You, Drive Carefully
That's what I said to my husband this morning as he was walking out the door for work. I've been saying that to him every time he leaves the house for as long as I can remember. Not because he's a bad driver or because I need to worry, but as a way of, I don't know, sending the words out into the Universe as sort of a protective blanket around him. If I say I Love You, Drive Carefully, then the Universe knows that my husband has someone who cares and will keep him extra safe on his commute. Does that make sense to anybody else? Share with me in a comment, do you have a ritual like that with your spouse or loved one? Something that you always say or do that makes you feel better about sending them out into the world? I can't be the only one :) … [Read more...]
It’s my 15th anniversary, let me tell you MY proposal story!
See, I had an ulterior motive in asking you to share your proposal stories-today is my 15th Wedding Anniversary! That's right, on June 19, 1993, after almost exactly eight years of dating, Chris and I finally stood up in front of our families and my parents' minister and promised to, um, do something until death do us part. We were both so scared and nervous that neither of us remember actually saying anything. In fact, I could barely raise my voice loud enough to be heard, which for me is pretty rare :) Some day, I'm going to post the entire timeline from 1984 to 1993, tell you the whole story of how Chris and I met, how we went from friends to being in love, and how my parents spent 8 years trying to keep us apart. It's quite a story. The actual proposal though? Well, I kind of ruined it. First of all, getting engaged was something the two of us discussed. I was a Sophomore in college in a town about 40 miles away, Chris was going to community college and working full time. … [Read more...]
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