Meet Amy

I have struggled with the answer when asked, "What do you do?" and it isn't work-related. Ultimately, we settled on that I find things and untangle things. But I also read (a lot), pretend to wake surf, and watch Hallmark films.

Amy's bookshelf: 2024

The Weekend Away
it was amazing
So so good! Orla and Kate are long-time best friends off on a girls' weekend away. Kate is a bit of a player who is trying to get back at her soon-to-be-ex, causing her to spend frivolously and do drugs and hook-ups. Orla is a new mom ex...
tagged: 2024, audible-books, five-stars, thriller, and thoughtful
Written Off
really liked it
tagged: 2024, cozy, easy, and four-stars
Maybe Next Time
really liked it
Parts were a screaming 5 and parts were like “what?” And just irritated me. It is a Groundhog Day premise about a family of four - the mom is caught up in her own life and missing all that is going on around her with her kids and then he...
tagged: 2024, audible-books, fiction, four-stars, and thoughtful

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Playing Make Believe

Sometimes the girls play “Make Believe” and it is absolutely adorable.  Other times they play and I find myself struggling to roll with it.

Sunday was one of those times, as adorable as they were being, I still struggled.  See, every once in a while they pretend that Jade is Ivy’s mom and I’m called “Grandma” and I get in trouble if I don’t answer when they holler for Grandma.  And if I answer when Ivy says “mom” then I get the eye-roll.

Jade was “Queen Heaven” and she has pets of every kind of animal because “lots of animals die and go to heaven.”  Her daughter, Ivy, is “Princess Bubblegum, but you can call her ‘Ivy'”.

They had so much fun with their pretend reality.

I don’t love it because it makes me feel old.  I feel like I only get to be a mom to two little girls for such a short time, and I feel like they are rushing it when they make me go by “grandma”.  Sure, I know it’s goofy.  But every single time they say “grandma” I get a pain deep in my chest that the future is just not very far away.  I want to hold on to those beautiful little girl faces for as long as I possibly can.

I can’t believe my baby is 5 years old and my big girl is almost 8.  Ugh – where has the time gone?

What makes you feel like time is slipping away?

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5 comments to Playing Make Believe

  • Camille
    Twitter: makeitworkmom

    Love these pics of your girls! I feel the same as you! I hate when my “baby” (now 3) insists on doing everything by herself. That is the sign that shows she’s getting bigger. As long as she’ll still cuddle at times, I’m ok with it…

    Amy
    Twitter: familytrifecta
    Reply:

    The cuddling definitely makes it tolerable to have them grow up. But the little girl days still go way too fast.

  • Mrs.Mayhem
    Twitter: motheringmayhem

    Your girls are both so beautiful!

    I know what you mean about time passing so quickly. My girls are 8 and almost 6… how did that happen?!

  • When I see kids I worked with 10 years ago, and they are now in their late 20s! Ack!!

  • Miel Abeille
    Twitter: miel_et_lait

    Those girls of yours are absolutely gorgeous! Maybe your daughter admires the mom that you are, and she’s already looking forward to becoming one herself?