“Every day is a struggle. A good one.”
163 days without yelling, 202 days of loving more to go! Dear Orange Rhinos, Today I came MUCH to close to yelling. Why? Were my kids awful? Nope. Were they annoying? Yes. More so than usual, I say with as much love as possible? Nope. Then why? Why was today so hard? Because mama is […]
The Car Accident & The Orange Rhino
162 days of not yelling, 203 days of loving more to go! Dear Toyota CRV- Do you see that red sign with 8 sides and the letters S.T.O.P? It’s called a stop sign. You are supposed to, get this, STOP at it. That means to put your breaks on, come to a complete stop where […]
Any moment I don’t yell…
160 days of not yelling, 205 days to go 160 days of not yelling, 205 days of loving more to go! Dear “Yeah, yeah, yeah I’ll get to it when I have more time mentality,” You are a pain in the a*s. Sure at the moment when I turn to you and employ you, you […]
I want to love my boys more…
159 days without yelling, 206 days of loving more to go! Dear Readers, I have no idea if this post makes sense. I had a funeral today and my eyes are so sore and tired from crying all day and my heart is so heavy with sadness for my friend that I am not sure […]
Inner Turmoil
154 days without yelling, 211 days of loving more to go! Dear J.F., Thank you for all your constant support and motivation. You have words of wisdom that always lift me up and get me back on track when I want to quit this challenge. The best part? You were a total stranger to me. […]
Don’t Yell, Take a Picture!
153 days without yelling, 212 days to go! Dear Nikon Dsomething or other, a.ka., my camera, Somewhere along this process I realized something really important: sometimes when my boys act naughty, when they are bound and determined to piss me off, to get under my skin, to do anything humanly possible to annoy me and […]
Staycation is over…
Hello to my readers not on Facebook! I took a staycation the last week or so and unplugged from electronics and the like to enjoy some time with my family before my hubby went back to work after an extended vacation. Gotta love accruing weeks and weeks on end (although that did mean he went […]
Last week’s post made me uncomfortable…
145 days without yelling, 220 days of loving more to go! Dear Napoleon Hill, You wrote: “No man has a chance to enjoy permanent success until he begins to look in a mirror for the real cause of all his mistakes.” Whoa. I looked in the mirror last week and you are right. Looking in […]
Why I (used to) yell at my kids.
141 days without yelling, 224 days of loving more to go! Dear Exercise, Last night my dear hubby made me want to scream. We had just returned from taking #2 to a Doctor’s appointment and I left the office nervous and my husband left feeling anything but. Which is not a shocker. We respond in […]
My son made me cry…
140 days without yelling, 225 days of loving more to go! Dear #3, Oh I love you so. A few weeks back I wrote about a time when I snapped at you (read here), when I felt frustrated with you because you couldn’t use your words. I wrote about wanting to hear the words “I […]