. . . Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go.
It’s that time of year again when all the graduates are
preparing for the next step, and their parents are getting weepy eyed
thinking about how fast their kiddos grew up (which, by the way, also means we
are one year older and saggier)!!
The lyrics to Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) by Green Day have a simple
message that at this time of year beautifully encapsulates how I feel. I also love this song because:
1)
On the album version, if you listen really
carefully (and warning, DO NOT do this with kids in the car), you can hear them
say “f*#&” after they try to start the song twice. Anyone who screws up, records it and then
keeps the screw up on the final version of the song is awesome!! AND
2)
In 1999, the week before my brother Matthew was
killed, this was his graduation song from high school. To this day, every time it comes on the radio
I feel like it’s Matt sending me encouragement and love.
Almost 9 months ago I was pondering whether to do something more with
my blog. During that time I heard Time of Your Life on the radio 3 times in two days (just randomly playing on the radio, not from my iPod). So, I took it as a sign . . . to fill my
already overflowing plate with one more BIG thing (of course, as you'll read, I didn't actually keep it to ONE thing because, well, I'm mommy and I don't ever do just ONE thing)!
So today as the Superego graduates from elementary school and
enters Middle School (which means I’m going to have A LOT of material coming
up)
I also
decided to “graduate” – and share my new status of author and mommy blogger with her very
own website.
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My new website www.runamukmom.com
will be where I make all my new posts. It also has all my previous blog posts as
well as all my lists, tips and tricks that I’ve shared along the way. These lists are for everything from dealing
with lice to taking care of post childbirth lady parts to how to enjoy the
“Happiest Place on Earth” without wanting to poke the eyes out of a life size Mouse!
The book – Adventuresof a Runamuk Mom, The Early Years . . . True Confessions about Re-inventingYourself and Raising Kids with Humor, Irreverence . . . and Sticky Notes
has all of the recoveringworkingmom.com’s greatest hits and then some!! In
other words, in actual print it contains all the sh*t I learned the hard way
about being a quasi stay at home mom! I
will warn you that in it I say “sh*t” A LOT!!
Of course, in a fashion reserved only for mommies as crazy
as me, I decided to launch all of this the same week the Superego had a major
talent show performance (that required mommy to be at school for 10 hours for 2
days), AND the same week she graduated from 6th grade!
As I finish out this bittersweet and exciting week, I
thought I would share a few lessons learned about overextending yourself and
NOT EVER taking your eyes off your soon to be middle schooler: