by Tammy Soong
January 23, 2013
– Posted in:
Chronic Pain,
Crazy Tammy,
Family,
Kid Friends,
Life is Dangerous,
Logan's Story,
Mom dying,
Mouths of Babes,
Parenting,
Personal Insanity,
Sappy Tammy,
School,
Stuff I Probably Shouldn't be Thinkin',
Thank God Your Father's Home,
Worrying
We're a family of three, not four this week (or four, not five, if you count the dog). Newt, our 10-year-old, is away for two nights with his classmates at a wilderness camp. At Lake Tahoe. In the snow. Fortunately he's not snow camping (because that's only for crazy people). They're in cabins with heat [...]
by Tammy Soong
November 19, 2012
– Posted in:
Bright Side of Life,
Elfie,
Family,
Growing Up,
Jasper,
Newt,
Parenting,
Personal Insanity,
The Great Outdoors,
Things To Do with Kids
My kids drive me crazy for so many reasons, but one of my major beefs is how they'll fight me about going outside and then become horribly devastated when it's time to come in. Yesterday, we walked (the kids rode their bikes) to the field by our house. It's not far, but because we live [...]
by Tammy Soong
November 12, 2012
– Posted in:
Chronic Pain,
Elfie,
Family,
Grief,
Logan's Story,
Mom dying,
Momless,
Newt,
Personal Insanity,
Sappy Tammy,
Tenzin,
Thank God Your Father's Home
One of my favorite lines of all time is from Young Frankenstein (coincidentally just viewed by the kids and me the other night -- they were, of course, totally impressed). Dr. Frankenstein and Igor have just pushed a coffin out of a grave, and Igor says, "Could be worse. Could be raining." Cue thunder clap [...]
Logan finally came home yesterday. For those of you not following the story, my 24-year-old cousin drowned about a month ago at Lake Almanor, California. They didn't find his body for about three-and-a-half weeks. My aunt finally got his ashes yesterday. To say this was an arduous process would be an understatement. I don't want [...]
On September 15th, my 24-year-old cousin drowned at Lake Almanor, California. Like every death in any tightly knit group of people, it's changed our family forever. I tried to write Logan's eulogy for someone else to read, but I couldn't. Apparently I'm incapable of writing words that are so personal to someone else's heart. Unfortunately, [...]
On September 15th, my cousin drowned at Lake Almanor, California. We essentially stayed up at the lake for more than a week, trying to find him. The following is what happened next. On Monday, we packed up, winterized the cabin, and came home. I was so distracted during the drive that I kept missing [...]
On September 15th, my cousin drowned at Lake Almanor, California. This is day nine of my experiences during the week that followed. We start to feel a sense of urgency. Search and Rescue has told us Logan would surface Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, and this is the final day. It feels like a giant clock [...]
On September 15th, my cousin drowned at Lake Almanor, California. This is day eight of my experiences during the week that followed. I wake up to little girls laughing and the dog jumping on me. It looks like it’s about 5 a.m. It’s not 5 a.m. It’s closer to 7. But it’s cold and feels [...]
On September 15th, my cousin drowned at Lake Almanor, California. This is day seven of my experiences during the week that followed. My aunt calls. Search and Rescue isn’t on the lake. I go into minor freak-out mode and hear myself sounding a lot like Josh on the The West Wing. Or my uncle from Chicago. [...]
On September 15th, my cousin drowned at Lake Almanor, California. This is day six of my experiences during the week that followed. I wake up holding my daughter who’s crawled into bed with me in the middle of the night because of a bad dream. I don’t want to get up. I feel like someone’s given [...]
Tammy Soong is a writer, wife, and mom from Reno, Nevada. She takes an absurd amount of pain medication, but not enough to have actually named her children "Newt" and "Elfie." She spends most days stressing out over clutter, writing stuff for this place, and working on podcasts with her gal pals, the Blogging Betties.