(NOTE: This post is also available in audio form as a podcast – https://anchor.fm/deepthoughtthursdays/embed/episodes/Celebrating-10-Years-of-Elyse-e1es998) I often have to remind myself of how lucky I truly am. It’s so easy to get swept up in the day-to-day, week-to-week, month-to-month, year-to-year cycle. And before you know it, the years-to-years have become decades. In that time, so many … Continue reading
Category Archives: Elyse
Kneading our Way Back to Simpler Times
Real Jazz on in the background, a hot tea keeping me hydrated and satiated off to the side and months of self-imposed stress and anxiety ready to make their way into the foreground. I wrote the last blog post while sitting in my in-laws’ kitchen just days before January dawned, blinked twice and now here … Continue reading
Thankful Thoughts Thursday, Volume 2
Without a doubt, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Christmas comes in as a very close second, but there’s just something about the non-commercialism and the simplicity of Thanksgiving that puts it at the top of my list. I love the colors, smells, tastes and time-honored traditions of the fourth Thursday in November. For me, it signifies the beginning of a special … Continue reading
Now I’m Found…
It’s hard to imagine what it’s like to actually be someone else. To look at them and wonder, “Why are they unhappy? They seem to have it all.” But, what most people can’t see are the very things that actually define another individual. Back in my BC (before children)/SAHM (stay-at-home-mom) days, I used to teach … Continue reading
May Flowers
Although a harsh lesson for anyone to learn, having two NICU babies profoundly changed my outlook on the world. No longer can I get through a commercial, movie or television show where the plot involves a hurt or sick child without tearing up. I never knew how much I could love my children until the … Continue reading
Celebration Season
Celebration season is upon us and it’s no-holds-barred here in the Henshall household. This month alone, I have three showers — both of the baby and bridal varietal– to attend. I’ve also had a hand in planning two out of the three, so my creative cravings have definitely been satisfied. That’s probably why I am at … Continue reading
Found My Niche
This week has been a trying one for us all as another tragic event rattled our fleeting sense of security and threatened to take away even more of our freedom. I found out about the bombings at the Boston Marathon as I was getting ready to take my daily afternoon run. I must admit that … Continue reading
A Few of My Favorite Things – Volume I
The halls (both inside and out) have been decked, the Christmas cards and shopping are almost done and our scout elf, Shelf, as named by Clara, has been watching over the girls for almost a week. We are in the thick of the holiday season and I’m loving every minute of it. In order to set the mood … Continue reading
Lesson Learned from Month Nine of Parenting Two: Nary a Sick Day One Taketh
It all started with an annoying sore throat on Tuesday. I immediately dismissed it as a result of being overtired, as Elyse, our now nine-month old, has been working overtime in the must-wake-up-every-night-one-if-not-two-times department for the last four weeks. When Wednesday morning dawned and the aching in my throat was still there, again, I tried to ignore it But, … Continue reading
No Use Crying Over Splattered Milk
I know, I know, late again. Oh, well. I’m a mother of two little girls under the age of three (at least for another eight days until Clara turns three), which makes it difficult to get things done in a timely, consistent fashion. Although I do feel guilty about posting another reflection on a Friday … Continue reading
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