An amazing homecoming

As a stay-at-home mother I sometimes feel unappreciated by my children.

Especially when I make dinner. They are picky little eaters...

Sometimes when it is time to begin our schoolwork and they'd rather play.

Mostly when I have to be the voice of reason when Daddy comes home from a trip, with candy spilling from his pockets and no sense of bed time, baths or brushing teeth. I know he misses them. I love that he misses them. But someone has to be the voice of reason, because Road Warrior Daddy is out of town 50-75% of the month!

So imagine my surprise when I came home from Blissdom to find this when I walked in the door...



And on the fridge


Need a closer look?
The sweetest part, literally, was finding this on the counter. Do my kids know me or what? Now I have breakfast!



Dare I say that Big Daddy doesn't get a homecoming like this, although he probably should.

They love me. They really love and appreciate me!

I should go out of town more often!

Pocket full of Posies

Isn't this little posy pin the cutest thing you've ever seen?

I must confess that I had the great fortune of receiving one as a gift during a business card exchange at Blissdom! But don't worry. They are very affordable and insanely stylish. You can buy yours (and other great things) here.

3 things not to say to someone going through infertility treatments

Don't think about it. Just relax.
This is just not possible. First of all, you have to take medications at certain times throughout the day following highly specific instructions. During this time you also must submit to frequent blood tests which then determine which other highly specific instructions you will have to follow. How exactly is one not to think about it?

Gee, maybe you should adopt? People seem to get pregnant after they adopt.
Unless you are an adoptive parent or have $40,000+ to immediately give to this couple, you have no business mentioning adoption in my opinion. The choice to adopt or not is a personal one and usually follows a series of events, some of which are extremely painful, before someone can thoughtfully consider if adoption is right for their family, let alone if they can afford it.

Maybe you weren't meant to be a (mother/father).
And maybe you weren't meant to be a human because obviously you have no feelings, tact or brains since some people, who CLEARLY should not be parents, have them anyway and then go on to abuse them. So let's agree that just because one can physically have children, doesn't mean they should and vice versa.

For those of you who are waiting for children please know that I am praying for you, even if I don't know you by name. I'm also doing my best to educate the people with foot-in-mouth-syndrome. We have to start by loving them where they're at and then knocking some sense into them. Agreed?