Monthly Archives: May 2014

sb2-praying-mantis — When I was in grade school, the kids couldn’t find anything to rhyme with my name to taunt me and properly make fun of me, until one day, Thomas Clark came up with Praying Mantis Janice. Prophetic? Hmmmm…… While riding in the car last week, my son was reading from […]

Off With Their Heads!

19 May, 2014 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

barometer — I have noticed for years a negative shift in my kid’s behavior a couple of days before a huge storm comes rolling in but it took me a while to figure out it was the drop in barometric pressure. Before I got it I would just pull my hair out […]

Barometer vs. Behavior

17 May, 2014 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

flowers bouquet — A Tribute to all the Warrior Mom’s I know and love that have special needs kids, chronically ill kids, have lost a child or are currently trying to parent while battling illness themselves. Do you know that moment, that moment before a “diagnosis” is handed out? That moment when you […]

Happy Warrior Mother’s Day

11 May, 2014 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

photo (1) — I drove myself for a haircut today. Really, it’s the little things that I still celebrate and pray that I never lose the objectivity, clarity and gratefulness to take these things for granted again. It was a mere 2 years ago deep into my illness that a friend had to […]

The new haircut

8 May, 2014 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis