Do you see me from up there?

To mom and Dad with Love
Do you see me from up there, above the sky, floating on the clouds?
Do you watch me laugh with my children?
Does your mind bring you back to when I was a little girl, when everything seemed so harmless, easy
Do you see me from up there as I go through my [...]

Farmington NM, my hubby’s b-day, and life

Today is my husband’s Birthday!  In celebration of this great day we went, this past holiday weekend, to visit his family in Farmington New Mexico.  He hadn’t seen a lot of his cousins in  many years, and hadn’t been back to Farmington in I don’t know how long.  We had an amazing time!  His cousin [...]

Where

I know every mom out there wonders when they will have a chance to go to the bathroom uninterrupted, or eat without having to get up from the table to get something for someone, or just be able to get in bed without having to get up several times to make sure a kid is [...]

Lupus

Needles, pills, fatigue
life of endless pain.
going through the motions
wanting to go insane
Never ending worry
sickness in and out
the illness is judge and jury
there is no way out.
I’ll fight until the end
until the pain subsides
I’ll never let it win
I’ll make it through the tides.
Deep breaths and hopes and dreams
some that seem out of reach
the tears never end [...]