Most of us don’t wear pointy, golden brassieres or sexy tight cat suits so it may not be so obvious but I am convinced that all mothers are either Super Hero’s or Goddesses.
Personally, I am far from being Helen of Troy or Hestia I feel as though I am more of a cross between Hera and Aphrodite with a little Medusa thrown in.
In the past three months my superhuman powers have reached dangerously high toxic levels as I managed to survive four birthdays, an attempted anniversary celebration and H…
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Added by Jillian Livingston on November 5, 2009 at 6:19am —
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I put my boots on and trudged through the new snow out to the barn to fax a 137 paged document to my mortgage company…. yet again.
As the cogs in the fax machine began to squeak I stood in Wade’s sacrificial office, which is the antithesis of mine, playing with the smoke that was emitting from my mouth and nose. For me he built a beautiful office, inside the house, with a huge window facing South and situated directly next to the kitchen so I can jut in and out preparing meals and writing all i…
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Added by Jillian Livingston on October 29, 2009 at 7:23pm —
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Wade and I got robbed of the opportunity to celebrate our Anniversary together so the other night I reenacted the plan, only by myself. I sat alone at the bar at Phat Thai, had a glass of red wine for dinner and then went to see the film, 500 Days Of Summer.
As I sat at the bar I imagined what it would be like to still be single and living in New York City. When an attractive young man sat down alone right next to me I thought about one of my favorite movies After Hours. Sometimes I get so depr…
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Added by Jillian Livingston on October 9, 2009 at 11:16am —
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This morning I told the boys that I did the dream thing with daddy again last night. I had gotten home late from watching the film, An Education, at the Aspen Film Festival and I woke up Wade so that we could have connection and catch up on our weekends. He had just returned from riding one hundred miles in one day on The White Rim Trail, an intimidating feat. “Wow, where did all this candy come from?”, I asked. “Jillian, your falling asleep on me again”, he laughed waking me up out of my dream.…
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Added by Jillian Livingston on October 5, 2009 at 9:41am —
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I remember sitting at a farewell dinner for Wade, surrounded by the women who had worked for him when he was the Publisher for Aspen Sojourner. He had decided to leave Publishing and start his own Contracting Company.
As the wine glasses clinked they each gave their toasts of adoration, “Here’s saying goodby…
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Added by Jillian Livingston on September 7, 2009 at 8:30pm —
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When I got my second call from Brevitt’s teacher, in a three day span, I hung up the phone and had to think for a few moments. Almost ten, Brevitt is becoming a calmer and less anxious boy and is learning how to respect authority. So why was he getting into trouble? I could understand the teacher’s fear that energetic Brevitt and his pack of friends were going to be the bain of his existence for yet another year but I felt the need to tell him to give Brevitt a chance and to practice patience in…
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Added by Jillian Livingston on August 31, 2009 at 1:19pm —
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I am in my seventh month of writing my Blog and similar to Julie Powell, in the movie Julie and Julia, I am trapped in a sea of passion and insecurities as I try to ascertain my purpose and direction.
In all of this self-analysis I have deduced that my writing has become a reflection of my spiritual journey as a wife and a mother. It has helped me to live in the present more completely and spiritually then ever before. Every nuance, every impressionable expression, every tribute to life, is div…
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Added by Jillian Livingston on August 24, 2009 at 9:37am —
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In the past month, I have likened myself to Jim Carrey’s character, Carl Allen, in the movie, “Yes Man”. As soon as I made a conscious decision to open myself more to my spirituality and physicality, opportunities have been knocking on my door and I have been saying yes to everything that comes my way. In just two weeks I have attended a four hour seminar on The Anatomy Of A Yogi, I have observed the opening ceremony of visiting Tibetan Buddhist Monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery and watc…
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Added by Jillian Livingston on August 20, 2009 at 8:10pm —
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I am not attending the Blogher ‘09 conference that is occurring this week in Chicago. I have always cringed at the term “housewife” and I have yet to warm to the modern expression of, “Stay at home mom”. The term “mommy blogger” is no less appealing but as I sit here writing and blindly social networking, in my father’s favorite smoking jacket, at the ungodly hour of 3:34am, I am realizing that a mommy blogger is exactly what I have become and I am ruing my decision to not buy a ticket back in M…
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Added by Jillian Livingston on July 21, 2009 at 7:27am —
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These past few days in Colorado have been magnificent. On crisp bluebird days like these I always feel like I should be sailing. Even Tucker comments on how the air and the music make him feel like sailing.
When I was little my parents would take my sister’s and I on summer adventures which included a few sailing trips.
My father loved to sail but a sailor he was not. For a while he had a little sailboat that he harbored in Nantucket. Whenever he would try to round up his girls to go out with…
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Added by Jillian Livingston on July 12, 2009 at 4:56pm —
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Every time I decide to take the plunge and purchase an IPhone I get high anxiety. I have no doubt that iPhones are all that they are made out to be but am I ready to jump off the cliff with the rest of the leaping lemmings?
My real concern is whether I truly want to be any more connected to the internet world then I already am. Already my children herd me out of the house to separate me from my beloved iMac. I guess my romance with nature ended quickly after I returned from my backpacking trip…
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Added by Jillian Livingston on July 7, 2009 at 7:30am —
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My friend called me with the name of a man who prescribed estrogen patches and I called him immediately to set up an appointment and investigate. Could it be that there was a cure for my Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde monthly syndrome? I had been searching long and hard for something…anything, that I could take to keep me sane and normal through that one week of hell every month.
His office was located directly next to my yoga studio and so I stopped by after my class. I walked in soaked with sweat but…
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Added by Jillian Livingston on June 29, 2009 at 9:54pm —
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The other night Axel’s tooth fell out, or rather, Wade yanked it out as usual. This family is not for the weak hearted. When the children hurt themselves they scream louder when they see their Daddy approaching. Both Wade and his father have the ability to handle pain and they expect the same tolerance from their wives and their offspring.
I was so tired that night but forced myself to place the tooth under Axel’s pillow before I fell asleep. I was up late quietly writing on my computer when I…
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Added by Jillian Livingston on April 13, 2009 at 5:49am —
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Yesterday after four hours of sleep I woke up ready to kill and eat anybody who crossed my path. Unfortunately for me it had snowed nine inches the night before and Wade was chomping at the bit to plunge into the untracked powder. His plan was to ski in the morning and than hook up with the boys and I at the mountain at lunchtime. He ignored that my hair was larger than usual and that my fangs were extracted. I wanted to scream to him, “Don’t leave me alone with the boys! Can’t you see that it i…
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Added by Jillian Livingston on March 16, 2009 at 6:19am —
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I am always frozen when people ask me what I do for a living. My immediate reaction is to tell them about my exciting jobs from my past but what is the point of telling them what I used to do? I am tempted to tell them that I am CFO, Producer, Creative Director and gustapo of three hellions and Wade and than ask them what it is that they do.....http://isdisnormal.com/http:
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Added by Jillian Livingston on February 13, 2009 at 3:21pm —
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