It has been a ridiculously long time since I’ve written on this blog, or anything of that value anywhere. For a long, long time (and even now), I want to write but getting the words out have been difficult. I felt tapped out, with life, with kids who have taken so much emotional energy for…
A B*tch on Wheels
Or at least someone unstable AF. I found myself getting teary today at the pediatrician’s office as I picked up the packet of information for therapists and psychiatrists. Then I wanted to punch the receptionist whom I’ve known for close to fifteen years because she didn’t give me the answer I wanted. The grocery store…
Faking My Way Through Parenting
Nothing really prepares you to parent a child suffering from depression. When the doctors told me at two in the morning. It wasn’t quite the kick in the gut I expected. Perhaps it was the exhaustion from the long day or the denial of what led us to the crowded emergency room filled with sick…
Self Care or Self Indulgence
What about a little bit of both? It’s tough, I know, for us moms to find time for ourselves. As the day starts, when everybody must get to school on time, you hurl yourself into the activities of the day, with coffee on one hand, while the other hand tries to tame your child’s strong-willed…
Around the Island (Part 1)
Every time a visitor would come to Oahu, one of the things we do is “Go around the island.” You will hear this over and over again when you visit. Oahu is only 144 miles around so “going around the island” can be done in a day. If you start from Waikiki, hopefully you’ve already…
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