You’re looking down for the first time at that adorable, vulnerable, heart-stopping little face – the one you waited anxiously to see for 9 long months. Your heart is swirling with feelings of love and gratitude; you’re exuberant; you’re in awe. You’re filled with dreams of the future – in your mind’s eye, you look [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Sunday Muse – “This Wasn’t in the Script!”
Posted in Musings, Parenting on March 30, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Confessions of a Recovering Perfectionist
Posted in Depression, tagged Perfectionism on March 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
It’s finally sunny out today. The winter has been long, and now I can walk out in the yard and see spring’s first flowers, some emerging green, and…my shadow.
My shadow.
It’s always there, that shadow. A darker projection of me. Stalking me. Talking to me. Following me around like a black cloud, ephemeral but inescapable.
Measuring every [...]


