Hurricane Jimena (pronounced, “HIM-enna”) is intense. Friends, this is shaping up to hit Cabo straight on. Please, see a few prayers that it changes its’ path. Cabo can’t take this kind of destruction. I believe Los Cabos hasn’t ever had…
Archives for August 2009
Lila Lunes: She’s 10 weeks old!
“I’m sooooo big!” Oh boy, it’s been quite a week! It’s a short update today – we’re tired. So, we’ll be heavy on the pics and light on the writing. Q. How did Lila do on her airplane ride?A. She…
This is [one of the reasons] why I love Toledo.
A pink hair pick laying on the ground in the Best Buy parking lot. Suh-weet. Sent from BlackBerry® Wireless
Taking a breather
I believe this says it all. We're taking a break… Sent from BlackBerry® Wireless
Lila Lunes: The babe’s 9 weeks old.
(Where does the time go?)
As you read this, my little Lila is embarking on her first out-of-utero flights from her homeland to the U.S. of A. The first flight takes of at 8:35 a.m. from Cabo and we arrive in DTW around 8 p.m….
Ferg’s ready
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Burr.
I tell you what, Toledo weather is looking PERFECT.Albeit somewhat chilly…but perfect.—Note: My Aunt is having an Open House for us on Sunday, September 6th.Email me if you’d like her address! We’d love for you to stop by.
It’s a great day!
Today is my C.’s birthday
As it turns out, today is C.’s birthday. This is a big deal. The world is truly a better place because Craig is in it. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I love, love, love you. Thank…
Project Runway: Red Carpet Challenge
I’m nervous. Whenever a new season of Project Runway starts I become fearful of the next crop of designers that may (or hopefully not) shape the future of fashion. At this stage in the game, Mitchell’s “style” terrifies me. As…
Project Runway: All-star Olympic Challenge Recap
I think Uli should have won. I was so disappointed in Santino’s clothes. They were pervy. What happened to Sweet Pea? Where did her rocker-edge go? It seems her point of view has really shifted. Mychael didn’t deserve to be…
Ferg Friday: They’re sharing clothes now.
Here’s Lila in her teeny shirt about a month ago. She’s since grown out of it. And passed it down to her sister Ferg. I had to try it on her. She wasn’t too happy. Ok, she hated it. I…
I like this one.
“I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.” -Maya Angelou
![When I was a kid, my Mom would sometimes go to the grocery store at night while my baby sister and I were "supposed" to be sleeping. Baby sister slept, I stood by the window and watched for her headlights to turn back into the driveway, my stomach a gnarled mess while I waited.
The entire time she was gone I would create ill-fated stories in my mind that would ultimately leave her injured, kidnapped, or left for dead... I think these stories got worse after my Dad died. "What if I lose my one parent?"
I would stand there and worry.
And she always came back.
In one piece.
Over time, after therapy when I was younger, I realized that worrying doesn't shape anything... worrying doesn't CHANGE the outcome... but, it's real.
Telling someone not to worry is about as effective as telling someone not to cry when they're in the midst of full-sobbing or it's like asking someone WHERE they lost the thing that they lost.
"I can't find my keys."
"Where did you lose them."
[silence]
"Um, if I knew where I lost them, then..."
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This time that we're living through right now is BIG and heavy and for the love of ALL THINGS HOLY it keeps on going.
I remember watching The Sound of Music when I was a kid and wondering when in the WORLD it would end. We're STUCK in the Sound of Music.
Schools opened, then closed.
Masks on, then off.
Life started, and stopped.
We've missed get-togethers and holdiays.
Weddings and births.
We are as disconnected as ever.
Our worrying and concern and fear and anxiety is there... and it's real.
I see you.
I know this time is hard.
I'm not going to tell you to stop feeling the feelings, I just want you to know that I'm feeling them, too. (And therapy is helping.)
Get yourself a therapist.
Talk about all of this.
As I told one of my girls this week, “It’s ok not to be strong all the time.”
With love,
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