Life Updates of a Larger Magnitude

My heart hurts.  A sweet child drowned this weekend and I just can not stop thinking about how incredibly unspeakably devastating it is.  I can't stop thinking about how the mother feels.  I think it is selfish to take someone else's loss and make it about how upset you are (I am).  But as a  mother I can't help but connect to every other mother, especially when their children are the same age as mine and we are both living the same trials and tribulations.  How do you live with that?  How do you deal with it?  These things happen in the abstract, in theory, but when it happens to someone you know... My heart hurts. My heart hurts for the parents who will have to live without seeing their child grow, with the guilt of wondering if they could have done something different.  My heart hurts for the whole family, who will now always feel the presence of someone who is not there.  My heart hurts for the ...

I'm starting to feel like I'm getting a handle on my life again - not just treading water.  Feels GOOOOOOOD.  Por ejemplo - My children have both had at least 2 baths this week.  When that number falls below 2 (ummm, like the time when it was "Unknown"), I'm definitely struggling.  Also, I've started pulling together the interior decoration scheme of my house.  Which means I'm moving out of the Boxes!  Boxes!  Boxes! phase.  Things have been (mostly) placed in their appropriate rooms and now I need to systematically go through and organize.  Pretty much all our family is descending on Florida next weekend, so I'm wondering if my mom will attack my wall art collection again.  When Eve was born she came down for a few days and hung all my stuff on the walls at the apartment.  That was nice. I've gone on a home accessory shopping binge (mainly with Overstock.com), which includes 2 sets of gorgeously luxurious sheets, a duvet cover se...