My Birthday Boy

4 years ago today my new life started. I added another identity to the ones I had; those of Daughter, Sister, Wife, Friend. I became a Mother and nothing has been the same since. On this day 4 years ago learned that no love equals or even compares to the love you feel for your [...]

Same-same, but different

I look at my kids and see the same beautiful, funny, smart kids every day. I record new milestones, I weigh them, measure them, buy new clothes. Of course – of course – I know that they grow, get bigger, older, smarter and more beautiful every day. But it’s one thing to know and an [...]

Two years ago today

You know how you sometimes just stop in your tracks and think; didn’t this happen just yesterday? only to realize that, crap, it’s been a couple of years, followed closely by; holy hell, what happened to those years?
I had one of those moments today.
Two years ago today I was in a hospital bed, screaming very [...]

Sabaudia beach

The husband took a day off the other week and we headed southwest to a coastal town called Sabaudia. We had to walk a lot of stairs to get to the beach (and we were totally stupid to bring the stroller, hoping that the Bambina would nap in it in the afternoon, because, really. Those [...]

Need cheering up?

So, an Internet friend of mine asked if I’d like to contribute to a new website that he wanted to launch, and of course I said yes. Because I’m kind and caring and supportive like that. Yes, I am so shut up, yo.
This website of his is about cheering people up (and who doesn’t support [...]