Sarah Rise Weekly Updates

I have moved through so many different emotions and thoughts this week it is hard to contain them in my head. I don’t feel particularly Son-Risey or enlightened, but in the spirit of sharing my weeks in all honesty, here are some of my experiences. This week doing the pick-up at Sarah’s school seemed so… Read more »

Remember my list of things I would do when the girls were in school? hahahahahahahahahahaha. By the time I got to Friday, in a week where I only saw one client (though I also taught for one morning), I was so exhausted that I didn’t have any oomph to do much of anything except be… Read more »

Today is first-day-of-school eve! The girls and I put their uniforms in their drawers and closet yesterday. Sarah promptly wore her gym uniform, which she will have the good fortune to wear all day every Wednesday, and Amy put on one of her jumpers and t-shirts. I made them wear smocks for eating, even though… Read more »

I recently read an article about different kinds of grief, acknowledging that there can be grief over things changing. I am feeling that a bit. I have the scared excitement about the girls being in full time school. With that comes some grief over changes. We will no longer have Sonia at our house daily… Read more »

One day this week I went to make Sarah’s protein shake and was going to use hemp milk (something new we are trying in our attempt to get more variety for her). As I was pouring she said “tumpt.” I thought she said “trump” and was puzzled (and aghast). I thought maybe she was misremembering… Read more »

Sometimes people ask me the ages of my children. This is a very common thing for people to ask parents. Sometimes it is when I am with my kids. This week after one such moment I was wondering to myself what I would ever say if someone asked, “what is wrong with her?” regarding Sarah,… Read more »

I am back in the swing of things. We went uniform shopping on Tuesday. I had thought it was optional to have Sonia come along and would just make things a bit easier. Technically that is true. Experientially…oh my goodness! I am sooooo glad she was there. From the moment I read through the lists… Read more »

I totally understand that when one goes on vacation from normal jobs that it might be harder upon reentry. Somehow I am always surprised by the level of difficulty I experience when returning to my home job. My work job is easy to return to. After the family reunion I promptly left to visit my… Read more »

In keeping with the universe conspiring in my favor…the girls and I had a truly wonderful and easy time while Carl was away, with less help than I sometimes arrange for myself. I actually felt like I shifted into a different mentality that was just way more at ease than usual. It probably helped that… Read more »

We went blueberry picking! This is one of my favorite field trips. It was hot and beautiful and we still have yummy berries. Sarah lost another tooth. It had been loose for a long time and then it was very loose and then it was very very loose and then we woke up Wednesday morning… Read more »