From the monthly archives:

March 2008

On Friendship

March 29, 2008

As a teenager and a young woman, I longed for the kind of friendships I had before our move overseas broke most of my relationships irrevocably.
My new school overwhelmed me, and I cultivated the aura of a cynical outsider in what I suspect was a very poor attempt to mask my throbbing, hurt feelings. College [...]

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In The Middle Of The Night

March 28, 2008

She calls from her room, wildly yelling my name amid a flurry of tears.
Another bad dream.
I open her door and she is already standing at the rail, waiting for me to hold her in my arms. She grabs me, buries her wet face in my neck.
A dream, Mommy. I dreamed about a scary wizard!
Somehow I [...]

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What Happens At Preschool Stays At Preschool – Unless You Blog

March 27, 2008

A few months ago I learned that the president of The Poo’s cooperative preschool reads my blog.
While the moment of her revelation nearly gave me a heart attack (as several preschool-related posts ran through my mind and my life flashed before my eyes), the connection has been a good one. She even started her own [...]

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Respect The Belly

March 26, 2008

Run for your lives!
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They Start Early

March 25, 2008

This pregnancy has been far more difficult than my first.
I say that knowing full well that my “difficulties” are really quite minor compared to what I could be going through. However, the constant exhaustion and near-daily nausea have really started to take their toll. I just don’t remember having to sit out entire afternoons when [...]

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Monday, Monday

March 24, 2008

I am crisp and new, like white sheets fresh from the dryer.
The week away from the blogosphere was more necessary than I thought. I took the time to look around me, really look, and I was surprised at what I saw.
I saw a girl, no longer a baby, with coltish legs and a weird sense [...]

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Top Ten Reasons To Go To Chicago

March 23, 2008

10. The T-shirts at PsychoBaby
9. Belly Dance Maternity
8. Eating delicious bagels left at your hotel by your awesome blog buddy Jordan
7. Watching The Darjeeling Limited in your pajamas, eating the aforementioned bagels, at 4 p.m. on a blustery Good Friday
6. The French onion soup at Bistro 110
5. Sleeping until 9 a.m.
4. No baby monitors
3. [...]

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Quandary

March 16, 2008

Things have been a little slight around here lately.
I have plenty of emotional battles going on inside my heart – the strong desire to wrap my body around my daughter 24/7 in anticipation of having another small person to care for; the push-pull I’m feeling about her growing up before my eyes; and the future [...]

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Babymoon Over Chicago

March 14, 2008

Mr. C and I are headed out of town next week – all by ourselves.
That’s right, we’re going on a babymoon.
We’re driving up to Chicagoland early Thursday morning and spending two days and two nights in the Windy City. We took a similar trip last year, but there was a lot less belly involved.
My plan [...]

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You Know It’s Bad When …

March 13, 2008

… you do preschool drop-off in your PJs, sans underwear of any kind.
The Poo and I woke up together in my bed at about, oh, 8:45 this morning. And we’re supposed to be in the car for drop-off at, oh, 8:45.
I tossed and turned during another restless night, complete with alternating bouts of hunger, nausea [...]

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