All I Want for Christmas is to Stop Crying All the Damn Time

It's been a wild ride, this past year.  As I think back to a year ago when I was filled to the brim with babies, not yet knowing who they were or what they would look like or HOW THE HELL WERE THEY GOING TO GET OUT OF THERE ANYWAY?  I was at my wit's end with discomfort …

Holiday Stress is Stressful

It's here, people!  Look alive, now.  It's the Schmolidays stress in full effect!  For me, it has nothing to do with gifts, as we aren't even really doing gifts this year, for anyone.  One good thing about being broke with twins is no stress about gifts.  People understand.  For me, it's all about stress with …

A Boy on the Verge

He is deliciously close.  So close we can all taste it as if we are sucking on hard candy that's almost gone, that sharp, tiny little sliver that's left in your mouth, sticky while coating your tongue as you suck furiously even after you've begun your decent into wishing it hadn't dissolved so quickly and …