Keep a personal wellness journal on DailyStrength to track your health and communicate with friends. http://dailystrength.org/people/40949/journal Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:04:23 +0100 DailyStrength RSS 0.11.3.0.6833 (FeedCreator 1.7.2) http://dailystrength.org/images/comprofiler/avatar/gallery/butterfly.gif http://dailystrength.org/people/40949 http://dailystrength.org/people/40949/journal/1371281 Well, today has been crazy.... my charlie (9year old) slipped on our wood floors sat night and hit his head into the corner of the molding, got two nice cuts on the back of his head... spent 3 hours in the emergency room and he got 6 staples. He was screaming while it was getting done... i held his ... Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:11:42 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/40949/journal/1329366 Well, this past Saturday night, I participated in the 'Light the Night' Walk in memory of my Mom.  It was a bittersweet night, my sister J had really put her heart into volunteering this past year to create a red carpet "Inspiration Tent for Survivors" from any blood cancers.... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:56:39 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/40949/journal/1301031 I haven't been sleeping well, and I can't figure out why...Been thinking about Mom more and more and just feeling overwhelmed, anxious. ... more so at night, it wakes me up and I am not sleeping at night. So, by day, I am tired. , and that really bothers me. I want to start exercising again ... Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:11:04 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/40949/journal/1288234 I have not been on DS for a while... trying to help our my friend, she was scared to tell me that she is diagnosed with large Bcell NHL! Can you believe it, same as my Mom.... I told her to please please do not think of my Moms outcome as her own, she is only 39 years old, two small kids and is so s... Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:05:26 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/40949/journal/1256903 Well, I have been down at the beach, and managed to take a peek with a friends laptop to check out all on DS..... been having some mommy moments b/c i could sure use someone to talk to about alot of things going on right now..... and wouldn't you know it, yesterday morning, a beautiful yellow an... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:35:13 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/40949/journal/1244855 I am really happy, my sister came for a  visit AGAIN, but yesterday went to get some bushels of tomatoes, its that time of year again to jar our tomatoes. It was always something that I did with my Mom, and last year, I did 12 bushels and over a 100 jars of tomatoe sauce.  She never did th... Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:01:23 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/40949/journal/1242409 I had a babysitter for a few hours while I ran out to do some errands, and upon my drive home, I found my two older boys (9 & 7 yr olds) running a lemonade stand. I pulled up with a few dollars and said "what's up guys?" and across the front of their little table was a sign "a... Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:10:11 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/40949/journal/1217945 Well  I would like to think that you were with me tonight and helped me save Juliano. What a scare, he was sitting at the table with Mark eating small red grapes, I got up to pick up the toys on the floor and when I turned around, he was standing up on the bench and I said sit down, you'll ... Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:55:18 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/40949/journal/1205652 Last night was realily hard, I can't help but thinking how much i could really use a hug from you, I was sitting on the floor in the laundry room folding  clothes and I was thinking when the last time I had a really good hug, and the tears started and just wouldn't stop. I know that you... Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:40:30 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/40949/journal/1137332 We went into NewYork last night for a birthday dinner with my sister/brotherinlaw, brother/sisterinlaw and my husband......it was a cool place, tapas style... we tried a ton of different ver y yummy dishes! Took a nice walk, it was such a beautiful night and headed back home.... but then there was a... Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:24:01 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/40949/journal/1131678 I woke up this morning, looking at moms pictures on the dresser, so strange to think who will be the first to call me this morning to wish me a happy bday. She was always first! I wore her ring and earrings and things that reminded me of her. Our strength bracelets that me and my sisters and mom wor... Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:35:37 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/40949/journal/1126576 Well, I am finding that these past few weeks I am i feeling sad. Life is good, status quo, kids are doing amazing. My middle little man is turning 7 on sunday, and he is so excited. I always told my mom that I could tell he was her favorite, and she used to say what are you talking about? But, they ... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:00:11 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/40949/journal/1098536 I found myself laying in bed after getting the boys off to sleep thinking about my Mom and I kept s aying to myself, think of a happy time, think of a happy time when we were all laughing and cracking up. and all I could think of are the nights when I went out with some friends for an early dinner a... Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:58:37 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/40949/journal/1067646 Well, my firstborn son turned 9 yesterday, woke up with a smile across his face til the moment he went to bed a little later than usual I might add!  I did alot of running around, last minute stuff and everyone ended up coming over for dinner b/c it was raining and his baseball game got ca... Wed, 21 May 2008 08:03:30 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/40949/journal/1061061 Not sure if its the rain, me and two out of my 3 boys sick with a cold/sore throat etc that just brings me to a place. Days like this, I think how my Mom would come over and just by Mommy. I would lay down, she would run her fingers thru my hair and make me feel better. So, I tried doing that with t... Sun, 18 May 2008 14:04:21 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/40949/journal/1026616 So, its one of those days where I am just having mini meltdowns thinking of my Mom. What in the world, thinking constantly of her the last few weeks and remembering everything we talked about. I called my sister and she just said I know, I need to talk to her too! I tried to have a conversation thin... Sat, 03 May 2008 20:26:14 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/40949/journal/1016068 Hi everyone!  I need your opinions on a project that my sister came up with. Its called, "The 2 Cents Experiment" , it can be found on www.myspace.com/the2centsexperiment .  You will see that the idea is to create a book of affirmation or personal stories that no matter... Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:02:56 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/40949/journal/1000673 well, the boys are off from school for spring recess so I have been keeping really busy with them. it's a good thing for me, kept my mind very occupied. I also had lunch with my moms best friend and she looked so tired today. She is missing my Mom too. She went thru colon cancer and she is in re... Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:42:43 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/40949/journal/989640 well today i dropped off my little man at pre-school and my dad called me to go for a ride. I went to his house and I said "where to Pop??" and he said he wanted to go get some herbs to plant.  So we went up to this nursery where my mom and I used to go to all the time and we bought s... Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:14:37 +0100