On October 3rd, 2016, my 36-year-old husband had a stroke. You may have read my previous article about the entire experience. If you haven’t, you might want to start there before diving into this one. Here’s the link: http://blog.mabelslabels.com/my-healthy-husband-had-a-stroke-at-36-years-old/
As a blogger, I’m constantly looking for interesting topics and things to write about. The advice many writers give and receive is “write what you know” and in my experience, this is true. My best writing is generally that which deals with material I’m intimately familiar with.
I really enjoyed a recent post on the Mabelhood entitled “Real Men Can Handle Unicorn-Related Crises.” In it, the author shares her appreciation for her husband and the active role he plays in parenting their three little girls. She describes how he plays with unicorn stuffies and kisses boo-boos, but adds that it’s really so much more than that:
It is spring time! I absolutely love this warmer weather and what better way to celebrate spring than with lemons 😉
I carried it in my throat. The fear I mean.
When Spring rolls around, most of us welcome it with open arms! Finally, warmer weather arrives, snow disappears, and it’s absolutely glorious! But with Spring, comes a few little unwanted creatures. You know, spiders in the house, mice crossing our paths, and in the case of our house…bats! So. Many. Bats.
Much has been written about how to handle children who are picky eaters. Hiding vegetables, putting ketchup on everything, resorting to bribery or just giving in to the handful of things your child will eat. I’ve seen the shows, skimmed the books and read the blog posts. For many parents, meal time is a massive pain in the backside.
In the past six years, a sinister force has taken over my house.
They say hindsight is 20/20, meaning that after an event has occurred, you see it with a sense of clarity that you may not have had while it was happening.