tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5314933530491531738.post3836529930769128254..comments2023-04-15T08:32:59.992-04:00Comments on Broccoli 4 Breakfast: Routine and The Mother of the Year AwardAmi Czorapinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06831925944590733117noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5314933530491531738.post-28455721511845391222008-08-21T18:01:00.000-04:002008-08-21T18:01:00.000-04:00Ami,You are amazing and not just because you find ...Ami,<BR/>You are amazing and not just because you find creative ways to screw up. If you never made a mistake we'd think you were Super Human and kind of do already.<BR/>You are entiteled to forget & even cry if you wanna...........we all make mistakes but with all you have going on it IS going to happen. Relax on that issue and just ebrace your humanity!!! <BR/>You STILL have My Vote for Mother of the Year so hush!<BR/>love ya<BR/>Beth MorrisBethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02056791762306369309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5314933530491531738.post-23520105068595764782008-08-20T17:58:00.000-04:002008-08-20T17:58:00.000-04:00Ami,I wish there was a way to let you know that th...Ami,<BR/><BR/>I wish there was a way to let you know that the guilt you feel, the need to get your life into the "box of normal" is universal...especially for parents like us who are dealing with the extraordinary. I can't. But it is. <BR/><BR/>However, I can make sure you know that you are not the only one who's losing her mind one burned cell at a time. <BR/><BR/>Because Monday I called to reschedule Tuesday's clinic appointment. I woke up this morning, took my kids to school and...WENT HOME WITHOUT PEYTON. I got a call at 11, appointment was at 9, asking if we were coming in. After a completely scattered conversation I quickly went to take Peyton out of school and headed off to clinic...where I arrived at 1 for an appointment that I apparently made for 3. <BR/><BR/>OK. So let's move on, people, nothing to see here. Except for a mom watching her short term memory become a thing of the past.Anissa Mayhewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01637783862251849189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5314933530491531738.post-81619580679727472112008-08-19T18:49:00.000-04:002008-08-19T18:49:00.000-04:00Ami, I just don't know whether to laugh at you or ...Ami, I just don't know whether to laugh at you or just cry with you. Reading how chaotic it is, I laugh with tears in my eyes also sympathizing with you. Your body and mind has gotta be worn out! How else can you explain it? I know you feel guilty and like a bad mother, but you can't. You yourself are only human afterall, and you put the demands on yourself to be robotic or even a "Stepford Wife and Mom". But, we do what we gotta do, and don't be ashamed to sometimes just throw in the towel and have a bad, forgetful and crazy-acting Mother day! You deserve it honey. Besides, I'm that "routine" mom too, and believe me, by the way it seems with the rest of the people I'm seeing around me (yes, some of you are FAMILY), me and you are doing it all wrong! We need to let our kids stay up until whenever they feel like crashing, bath or no bath, don't worry about eating until you just feel like it and maybe they'll sleep until 10:00-11:00am!!!! The harder I try to keep my child "normal" and well-established, the more issues he seems to have! Yup, soccer too, I'm right there with ya on that one! Tylar seemed to have his panic attack once practice started. Just there, out of the blue. Can't explain um, just gotta love um! You're right though, we will miss this. I never thought I'd miss the step-kids at age 12 and 14 fighting and screaming at one another, but now that that's overwith and gone by years later, I really do miss that. Believe me though, not that I don't have drama enough. Every day in this family we got, there's a phone call just waiting to ring on my work or cell giving me more news of daily events. Like I said, gotta love um......Love, BrendaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com