Amsterdam Mama

• Well that was week 2... 4 years ago What a difference a week can make! I can not even list all the life lessons I have either tried, failed at or learned in the past week.Week two was so different from week one! The first week I wasn't sleeping from anxiety, the kids were on a tight schedule and I was preparing for the apocalypse...
• Riding the waves 4 years ago It comes in waves, like a storm surge or tsunami and then it' s over. It's quiet and I'm able to think again.It's been happening all week. Anxiety.Health, kids, food, schedule, homeschooling, work, mental health, cleaning the house, cooking, worry, worry, worry, worry...It's been so overwhelming...
• Camp Corona Day 2: I'm scared 4 years ago Let me start off by saying, it's such a surreal time. But in a strange way, it's not. We've seen this type of scenario in numerous movies and we've heard the tales of SARS, MERS and Ebola.But now it's here in our comfy little bubble and I will not lie, I am scared. I wasn't scared until last night....
• When a helicopter mom stops 6 years ago "It's time I set you free," I blurted out as I was driving my son to his cub scout meeting. He was sitting next to me and I could see the sideways glance  he often gives me when I suddenly break out in my best running man when I hear 80's music."It's time I let you go sweetheart, I trust you." He...
• Far away from home and the hardest goodbye 6 years ago I kept looking at the Christmas tree hoping that by some miracle I would feel that warm holiday feeling. It was the first week of January and I still had not given up hope. I wanted it to come. I wanted Christmas to feel as it did every year: cozy, fun, nostalgic.But on Christmas Eve 2017 I lost my...

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