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Lauren

I am a Work-At-Home-Mom new to the Jacksonville area. Originally from Texas, my husband and I have lived and worked all over the country and I am excited to explore my new hometown. I am the author of the book "Zen and the Art of Housekeeping: The Path to Finding Meaning in Your Cleaning" (www.zen...

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What was I going to write about? I can't remember!

Lauren Cassel Brownell

On a recent web surfing expedition, I came across the site of an online organizational tool that stated it could keep me from ever again suffering from “FAMnesia”.  You know...forgetting birthdays, anniversies, doctors appointments, bill paying deadlines....all the elements you must remember to keep your household running smoothly and your family feeling not only organized but appreciated as well.

I must admit, I laughed out loud!  Famnesia!  What a great word.  What a true concept.  At last, I can put a label on what I’ve been suffering from all these years!  Hallelujah!  It’s not old age.  I’m not a bimbo.  I just have a very severe case of famnesia.

Then I got to thinking.  What else do I suffer from?  What other maladies have I suffered from in the past that convinced me I was losing my marbles? Here are a few that came to mind:

CRAMnesia – when you forget everything you studied in that all-nighter before a final exam.

MAMnesia – forgetting to schedule that pesky annual mammogram once you turn forty (note – I have not suffered from this yet!  Women “of a certain age” tell me this happens! ; )

HAMnesia – the realization that you forgot to put the ham, or turkey, or whatever, in the oven, and your entire family will be arriving for Thanksgiving dinner in an hour and a half.

CLAMnesia – you forget what you ate at the seafood buffet that is now making you incredibly sick to your stomach.

BAMnesia – no matter how many reruns of Emeril’s TV show you have watched, you still forget to add the garlic!

You get the picture.

But then it dawned on me that there is an all encompassing term that best identifies what I suffer from.  And what I can only believe many women out there in the world, and particularly my fellow mommies, suffer from as well.  It’s a little secret that nobody tells you and that you don’t find in the pregnancy books or glossy parenting magazines.  The truth is that with each child that you have, you lose more and more of your capacity to think clearly, string together coherent sentences and remember much of anything.  You develop an absolutely debilitating case of DAMNesia.  The symptoms of this condition?  You can’t remember a damn thing!

Love, Lauren

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