It has been awhile since I updated you on our housing status post flood. Today marks one month exactly and I am happy to report that we are no longer homeless. We are not in our home but we have found a place to rent for the next 6-8 months. It’s a condo on the Bayshore (we live in Tampa). Today after work my daughter begged me to take a walk with her along the Bayshore. I didn’t want to…
I was sitting at a ball game chatting with a mom I didn’t know well. We got into what “we do” and I explained that I work at iMOM. She questioned me about the program and said, “Wow, you must be a really good mom!” Ugh. Sigh. Piercing inadequacy. It made me kind of want to throw up. I am not a really good mom; I am not even close. In fact, I will go to the grave wondering why…
When we bought our “forever” 1920’s house and spent a year renovating it I remember thinking, “It’s a shame I won’t ever do this again because I know so much more now that I have walked through the entire process.” Now that my oldest child is 27 I am thinking the same thing, “It’s a shame I won’t ever do this again because I know so much more now that I have walked through the entire process!” I did make…
So, if you know me you know that we are still living in a hotel due to a flood in our house. It is week 3 and we are a bit…tired. That being said, life goes on. That also being said I have an excuse for anything and everything in life that I don’t want to go on. Quite easily it can roll off my tongue like this: “I am going to have to cancel, we had a flood” or…
Today, I had to say goodbye to Spot. He was such a fun bedtime friend to my children. I was hoping to introduce him to my grandchildren. He didn’t make it through Phase III of the flood – letting go of the unsalvageable (yes, that is mold) (see Phase I, Phase II for more details on the flood). Do they still sell Spot books? …