52 minutes left in 2010.
What a year. Panthers. Baby Showers. Newspaper Articles.
Meeting Rhys, our firstborn son. And 6 minutes later, Owen, our baby.
Adapting to having 4 kids. 4 young kids. 4 young kids, a full time job and online grad school. Its been quite a year.
50 minutes left now.
Leaving the year my twins were born. No I still can’t believe there are two of them. Two daughters and two sons. I am the luckiest mommy ever. Kiran will say that to me now, parroting what she’s heard me claim. What she doesn’t understand is that it’s not that I have four kids but that I have these four kids. KSRO
just 46 minutes left 2010.
Survival. 2010: the year of surviving. I have put all my effort into basic survival- feeding people, clothing people, keeping the house from imploding on itself. I feel stretched to the limit. No extra. No extra time. No extra money. No extra energy. I don’t like being at the limit all the time. It’s a stressful way to live.
I don’t even have time to blog. Maybe the blog has just run its natural course and it’s time to print and move on. I’ve enjoyed blogging these past 5 years. But maybe things change and people change and that’s ok.
40 minutes (Jonathan was talking. It interrupted my thoughts)
Maybe the babies will become toddlers and preschoolers and teenagers and eventually I’ll have time and mental capacity to think and write and compose original thoughts.
38 no 37 minutes till 2011.
Good bye 2010. My eyes won’t be open to see you officially leave. Babies still need to be nursed bright and early and toddlers will need help to go potty and I need rest. 2010- You made my tent bigger. My tent is stretched to discomfort right now. But in that stretching- even in the weariest of times- peace. joy that brings tears to my eyes. snuggling a baby at 4:30am. hidden talents coming to light. hearing him sing songs from the Sound of Music. a grandmother learning to hold two babies at once. a dance performance. pitter patter of feet. eight feet to wash.
Me: humbled. broken. asking for help. receiving help from so many. humbled again.
only 29 minutes.
Good bye 2010. Welcome 2011.
3 comments:
What a year it was! I can't wait to hear what you think of this year when you reminisce in 2020.
Those four kids don't know how lucky they are! But, one day they will. Love you!
Very interesting Mert- I wonder how I will see this when my kids are 10,12, 14.
Thanks Erin. You rock.
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