Stumbled upon an article summary last week, “Bad Behavior Linked to Poor Parenting.” I am going to call this BBLtPP. I clicked on the link with butterflies, hoping not to find something like: We’re following a pediatrician with 2 sons, one doctor husband, and one overweight Labrador who live in Seattle. She writes a blog. […]
Mama Doc Philosophies
Which Is It?
I spent the weekend lying around feeling like death on a cracker. And most of my mental thought other than, “Please, please go away, bug” was consumed by the question, “Which is it?” Food poisoning and a bad weekend for me or Gastroenteritis and a bad week for me, my O, my F, the husband, […]
Seeker.
Seeking perspective and cure. If it’s true that life is all about your perspective, I know this Friday sunshine will help. This past week has been a total mind melting experience. Cloudy and cold, too. With my mom’s chemotherapy and subsequent complications, my perspective of medicine has changed again. Forever. Being the patient, or in […]
Doctor, Daughter, Mother, and Wife: Four Corners
My mom starts chemotherapy tomorrow. It feels like my two feet are reaching to stand in four separate corners. Doctor, Daughter, Mom and Wife. Four corners. Except nothing about the sky looks like Utah right now. I’m caught in the middle of a generational sandwich. I’ve started to understand that taking care of those older […]
This Crockpot Is Gonna Save Me
Game changer in our house. Splurged on a fancy crockpot last week. Big news, I know. Should have sent out a flyer. My beloved crockpot. Regal, able, and ready like any good army, boy scout, or Labrador Retriever. This.crockpot.is.gonna.save.me. Last week broke me a bit. We’ve not been sleeping again. Previous memo to the boys […]
When Not To Work
It’s cloudy with a chance of clouds right now. Then a chance of rain. Then rain again this weekend. O is napping. F is at school. It’s still and cloudy here. Why not work? I’m about to shoot my first ever, Seattle Mama Doc self-produced-self-filmed-self-created-video. Sounds a little like navel staring but will hopefully be […]
Things You Can Hide Under A White Coat
Flashback: fall of 2006 standing with my partner, Dr Jeff Bissey at The Everett Clinic. In some strange third trimester hormone cloud (or pregnancy delusion), I consented to a photo shoot when our new clinic was just opening. Rotund & posing at the new computer in exam room 12. After the Cindy Brady photo amalgam, I feel […]
Cross Your Fingers I Don't Pull A Cindy Brady
I’m going to be on TV tomorrow. Cross your fingers I don’t pull a Cindy Brady. Remember the Brady Bunch episode, “You Can’t Win Em All” where Cindy takes a test and wins the opportunity to go on live TV to compete in a game show? When the red light goes on she is rendered […]
Valentine, Circa 2004
Tell me, shall I re-use this little valentine? Part of my efforts to reduce, re-use, & recycle? See, I’ve got these little boys now… I make the husband a valentine each year. The valentines of the past few years have been less beautiful and less wondrous than the first few, some decade ago. The distractions […]
