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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
On June 12, 2005, Tate Mikell was the average Charlestonian: Citadel alumnus, Charleston City policeman, Eagle Scout, and dedicated son of just 26 years old.
On June 13, 2005, his life would change forever from an acquired brain aneurysm. Lucky for us, his brain injury was only the beginning.
The calendar on the refrigerator in his room is always full: volunteering at the Charles Pinckney Historic Site on Mondays, downtown outings with his life skills coach and fellow brain injury survivor on ...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
For the better part of seven years, since my oldest child was born, I have been a mother. I know that seems totally obvious, right?
You are like, "Of course you have been a mother since you had your first child, you idiot! That's how that works."
Bu ...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
I warned them. I told my children I wasn't going to put up with any splashing, screaming or fighting in the bathtub, and I meant it.
If I hear any screaming or water hitting the floor you will get out. I don't care if you're clean or not.
You will ...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
On the first day of school, I was prepared to drag my kids out of the bed, kicking and screaming if necessary. I set my alarm for 6 a.m. and after getting up, threw on some clothes and a little makeup.
I went to the kitchen to find my first grader an ...
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
If you don't believe that God still performs miracles, then you obviously haven't talked to me this week.
This week for some unknown reason, Brittany, my young and childless friend, volunteered to keep all three of my children overnight. Yes, all nig ...
Monday, August 01, 2011
Tires...check....Fluids...check.....Gas....check....Mosquito repellent...check.
Stopped by the store to get my first RC Cola and a Moon Pie of the summer. Radio belting out some old R & R...Journey and Peter Frampton. Before we moved here...I had ...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
It was the best of times, and it was the worst of times…who am I freaking kidding? It is hot as seven hells outside and my kids and I are certifiably insane.
It's too hot to swim. Do you even understand how hot it has to be outside for it to b ...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
For the last seven days I have refereed no less than one million fights on less than four hours of sleep per night.
My middle child has been sneaking into my bed late at night with her knobby knees and pointy elbows and I am tired.
I am supposed to ...
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
My life has finally turned into a National Lampoon's movie. All that's missing is Chevy Chase and a film crew. This past week was one of the most bizarre in my life and I think we all know that's saying something.
My husband, Zeb, has morphed into so ...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
I remember when my youngest daughter was only a few weeks old. I jumped into the car to make a late night grocery store run and on the short drive I was completely unnerved. I thought at first that it just felt odd to leave my house with no children, ...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
On June 12, 2005, Tate Mikell was the average Charlestonian: Citadel alumnus, Charleston City policeman, Eagle Scout, and dedicated son of just 26 years old.
On June 13, 2005, his life would change forever from an acquired brain aneurysm. Lucky for ...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
I've finally found something that I'm really good at— being a beach bum. I've been at the beach with my three daughters for a week with one more to go and I'm telling y'all, I think I've found my calling.
We have no obligations. Our biggest dec ...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
When I had kids my relationships with my entire family changed. I was the first of my four siblings to have children and no one really knew what to expect. My mother no longer made eye contact with me for the first 30 minutes when she saw me; she was ...
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
I realized at the pool with my kids last week that I'm ready to move on to The Big Straw Hat Phase of my life. I sat in the direct Mississippi sun, on a day of record highs, with sweat dripping down my face and into my eyes and wished for a hat large ...
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Don’t run and call your momma, yet. It’s not quite as scandalous as it might have seemed at first glance. My husband shaved his goatee for the second time in the 13 years I’ve known him and he is a new man.
The first time I saw his ...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Last week was rough for me. I know it was much worse for the people who were actually in the areas hit by tornadoes, but I was very emotional all week as I watched the recovery efforts from a distance.
I have heard countless stories of survivors fro ...
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Last week marked the one of the biggest tornado outbreaks in recent history. Multiple tornadoes touched down in states across the Southeast and entire towns were leveled.
I was raised in Jasper, Alabama and I have a lot of family still in the Walker ...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
I took Emma, my almost five-year-old, with me to the grocery store this past weekend.
I made her use the rest room before we left to avoid having to leave my grocery cart in the middle of an aisle to sprint to the bathroom with her.
But it never fa ...
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Sunday morning I woke up when I heard my bedroom door creak open. My husband wasn't in the bed, which was no surprise. He's a morning person, and I'm a night owl, which worked out for everyone when our kids were babies and not sleeping through the ni ...
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
There was a point, just a few years ago, when all three of my children were in car seats. I would open the back door of my car and see nothing but wall-to-wall Graco plastic and five-point harnesses.
There were days when our house became unbearably s ...
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Several weeks ago, I sat on the bed in my older daughters' bedroom while they brushed their teeth. I was simply supervising. I had to remind them occasionally to stop talking and keep brushing, but for the most part I only watched and tried not to la ...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Spring Break. Depending on your current station in life, that phrase can cause you to do one of the following: a) Squeal, jump up and down and yell, "O.M.G! Y'all! We are going to have so much fun!" or b) Begin to break out in cold sweats, as you try ...
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Surely you realize by now that I'm not a germaphobe. We embrace the "five second rule" at my house and I've made peace with the fact that my children have an affinity for eating non-food items.
Really, truly and honestly, I'm probably one of the mos ...
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Last week my husband and I attempted to celebrate our 13th anniversary. The date of our actual anniversary fell on a Monday, so on Sunday night Zeb suggested cooking a couple of steaks on the grill for dinner. It sounded like a great idea to me, so I ...
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
When I was a kid and I did something really bad, my mom would say, "You just wait, one day you're going to have one just like you." As she has been about most everything else in my life, my mother was right.
My oldest daughter, Aubrey, is so much li ...
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Mother Nature is a tease and Punxsutawney Phil is a sadistic, double-minded little rodent with his head up more than his burrow. I'm not sure which one of them to blame for the weather we are having, but my sinuses and my kids can't take it. Not for ...
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