Some Days...

Some days are hard.
Really hard.
Embarrassingly hard.

Some days make you feel like a complete fool for having thought that nothing could ever exhaust you after all you had been through.
After all you had seen.
After loss.

Some days it feels like you are giving it everything you have and then some.
100%.
And you just need a minute.

And then that, just that mere thought that you need a minute to yourself, makes you feel like an ingrate.

Like, how dare you?

You have this chance.
This opportunity.

You have been blessed!

How dare you complain about anything trivial?
You've lost that right.

Some days are a wrestling match from beginning to end.
Because there are two of them.
And one of you.
And even though they are happy, and healthy, and smiley... sometimes they can also be a handful.

Some days are like today, and you don't know how you made it to bedtime because you are just spent.
And you think, My gosh. Will tomorrow be like this too?

But then there is that moment.
When they look up at you with those big blue eyes.
And they smile.

And in that moment you know...

That tomorrow is another day.
A new day.

Tomorrow you can start fresh.

At being the best mom that you can be.
At being the best you that you can be.

Some days take a toll on you,
but in their smiles you can see the truth -

that tomorrow you will find your way.

BlogHer Book Club - Review of The Kid

I love to write.
I love to read.
BlogHer has given me the opportunity to review books for the BlogHer Book Club.
What could be better than that?

Today my second review went live for the book The Kid, by Sapphire. The Kid is the long awaited sequel to the best seller Push (later made into the film Precious.) It was the most difficult book I have ever had to work my way through. To find out why, just click the link below.

8th Friday Rainbow Baby Blog Rodeo

Has your Rainbow hit a milestone this week?

Starred in a cute video?

Done something adorable? Funny? Downright embarrassing?

If you answered "yes" to any of the above questions, 

than you have come to the right place!

Welcome to the Friday Rainbow Baby Blog Rodeo, a place to celebrate the amazing children who have come into our lives after loss, and to strengthen our bond as a community of Rainbow parents.

Every Friday we can gather here to share our little ones' triumphs, brag like the proud parents that we are, and yes ... even own up to our epic fails in parenting (all in good fun of course) via links to our own blogs with posts about any and everything Rainbow from the week.

Feel free to grab the button from the sidebar and help spread the word. Let's bring this Rainbow parenting community together.

I will go first...

What's So Funny?

This video sort of speaks for itself. Enjoy!

So... that is what Bubba and Squeaks

have been up to this week...

What have your rainbows been doing?

Wanna know how you can participate? It's easy! Just write a post on your own blog about what your Rainbow(s) has been up to this week, and then add the link to that post in the Linky widget below. 

Thanks for riding along on the rodeo!

i am evolving

i am evolving

changing

i am hers

i am theirs

i am both

i am that butterfly 

the one who as a caterpillar thought the world was over

who spent two years beating against the dark walls of her cocoon 

feeling the pain leave its impressions on her skin

one day a crack appeared in my shell

allowing a small ray of hope to pour through

and i realized that i just might survive

i am changed

different

learning to fly

i am spreading my wings

admiring my colors

noting the spots and designs that loving her left

the ones that make me - me

i am evolving

and it feels good

7th Friday Rainbow Baby Blog Rodeo - Come Join The Fun!

Has your Rainbow hit a milestone this week?

Starred in a cute video?

Done something adorable? Funny? Downright embarrassing?

If you answered "yes" to any of the above questions, 

than you have come to the right place!

Welcome to the Friday Rainbow Baby Blog Rodeo, a place to celebrate the amazing children who have come into our lives after loss, and to strengthen our bond as a community of Rainbow parents.

Every Friday we can gather here to share our little ones' triumphs, brag like the proud parents that we are, and yes ... even own up to our epic fails in parenting (all in good fun of course) via links to our own blogs with posts about any and everything Rainbow from the week.

Feel free to grab the button from the sidebar and help spread the word. Let's bring this Rainbow parenting community together.

I will go first...

CASUAL FRIDAY - CLOTHING OPTIONAL... DIAPERS NOT

Here are a few pics I snapped of the babies last Friday. Their drooling was out of control with all the teething they have been doing, so after about the fourth wardrobe change, I gave up and we went au naturale.

Another tough day at the office.

Who doesn't love chubby baby bottoms?
We like the Seventh Generation dipes when the cloths are all in the wash. 

Tummy Time!

I also took this video of the two of them. They were having a great little conversation back and forth, which is what I had intended to capture, but what I got was even better. Notice how patient Bubba is with Little Miss Squeaks poking and prodding at him. Well patient that is, until he gets hungry.

It's these little moments between them that make my heart swoon. 

Enjoy!

So... that is what Bubba and Squeaks

have been up to this week...

What have your rainbows been doing?

Wanna know how you can participate?


It's easy!


Just write a post on your own blog about what your Rainbow(s) has been up to this week, and then add the link to that post in the Linky widget below. 


Thanks for riding along on the rodeo!