by Pamela Zimmer | Dec 23, 2013 | Special Moments
It’s Christmas time. The In-Laws are here (whom I absolutely love!), arrived late last night, and our house is full. Full of family, full of wonderful smells wafting from the kitchen (mashed potatoes and roasted butternut squash soup), full of presents under our...
by Pamela Zimmer | Dec 11, 2013 | Special Moments
Seven years but not a day The same five words at night I say. “Goodnight Mom, I love you.” Wish you were here to hug me too. I held it in locked up inside Sometimes, yes, I even lied. Years went by ‘til I could say An angel now, to you I pray. Seven...
by Pamela Zimmer | Dec 2, 2013 | General Parenting
It’s normal, it’s natural, it’s not uncommon – siblings argue (heck, so do Will and I – in fact just this morning we had a quick, yet lively, chat on how to handle Brayden’s personality – we disagree, but we still love each...
by Pamela Zimmer | Nov 25, 2013 | Special Moments
Yep, it’s Monday again, and I can’t believe it’s Thanksgiving week already! This year has flown by, hasn’t it? The idea for this post came to me in two parts: first, as I was sitting in the car trying to find a bandaid, and second, as I was...
by Pamela Zimmer | Nov 18, 2013 | Postpartum Depression
I did a quick post on my Love & Mommy Hugs Facebook page yesterday: “I thought I was over all this #PPD stuff, and I am, except as I’m creating my “next steps” (can’t share everything just quite yet…) I’m having to re-live...
by Pamela Zimmer | Nov 14, 2013 | Body, Mind & Spirit
I woke up this morning to Will giving Brayden a timeout. Not the most pleasant way to enter the day. As I was getting dressed, I noticed an eyelash on my finger. Have you ever wished on an eyelash? Well, I wished for a fun, productive, happy, easy day, and blew my...
by Pamela Zimmer | Oct 29, 2013 | Milestones and Development
I’m generally always proud of both of my boys, but today I am especially proud of Zackery. We got his first quarter report card last week, and although in First Grade he doesn’t receive traditional letter grades, he pretty much got all A’s and...
by Pamela Zimmer | Oct 21, 2013 | Body, Mind & Spirit
… the storm is only just beginning. I don’t want to sound too cliche here with the whole “dust storm” thing, but I really am feeling like a crazy whirlwind right now. Think of the Tasmanian She-Devil. I just got back from Long Beach where I...
by Pamela Zimmer | Oct 14, 2013 | Postpartum Depression
It’s the first day of Fall break, within our new Balanced Calendar for the school year. Zack is home with me, while Brayden is at school on his regular Monday, Tuesday, Thursday schedule (his school is open this week, and actually Zack is going there for Camp...
by Pamela Zimmer | Oct 7, 2013 | General Parenting
Well, yes, it’s Monday again. I feel good that I’ve been able to maintain weekly blog posts for the past three weeks, however (yeah, I know), it’s still not happening as often as I had intended. BUT, I’m not going to beat myself up over it. No...
