From the monthly archives:

February 2009

The Eyes Have It

February 26, 2009

They were blue for almost nine months, and then they turned a gorgeous green.
Just a few weeks later, a band of dark brown began to ring her iris. The amber color blossomed around her pupil, and by her second birthday, her eyes were a true hazel: blue and green and golden brown, all at once.
I [...]

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Mirror Mirror

February 25, 2009

Something silly happened at preschool this week.
In the grand scheme, it isn’t a big deal. But the sound of another girl taunting my daughter wounded me on all kinds of levels—the very least of which was that my mother-heart turned black and hateful, and it took every ounce of self-control I had to keep from [...]

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When I Wasn’t Looking

February 24, 2009

Time seemed frozen when The Poo was little.
Every stage lasted an eternity—sleepless nights, teething, learning to walk—it all felt as though she would be that age forever. Then, all of a sudden, we were putting away the bottles and helping her learn to use the potty.
Then, she had a brother.
And it felt like someone pressed [...]

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At Least It Give Me Another Excuse Not To Shave My Legs

February 23, 2009

I went to the doctor last week, expecting to have a giant needle inserted into my knee, and instead came away with a handful of pre-surgical instructions and a date with the knife on March 4.
My poor knee, it hurts so much, and honestly, I have no idea how I hurt it. The doc thinks [...]

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Artist In Residence

February 20, 2009
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The Good Girl

February 16, 2009

Sometimes it happens like this; a small series of events lead to a memory, and then his face is before me, healthy and full, eyes dancing with mischief.
Just as quickly, his visage shrinks, pulls inward, cheeks sucking in and eyes getting larger and larger, until that blank, brown wide stare is eating me up. The [...]

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O Chambana Will You Cry For Me?

February 10, 2009

I have an uneasy relationship with the Midwest.
A Northerner by birth, I spent most of my life on the shoreline: first in the Great Lakes industrial city in which I grew up, later along the Thames, when my family lived as expatriates in London, and finally, as a young adult attending college in Boston.
Water is [...]

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Half-Birthday

February 8, 2009

Where does the time go?
This boy is six months old. He sits all by himself, grabs toys and other objects with determined deliberation and waves bye-bye and hello. His smile lights up the room—and my heart. I love him with every cliche motherhood has to offer.
This time last year I worried that I wouldn’t love [...]

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Oh Look! It’s Square One!

February 4, 2009

Wow, this place looks familiar.
This is the place where I started! Hey, it’s Square One! I know this place!
The universe has a funny way of making sure I stay exactly where I’m supposed to—just on the cusp of something big, something good. Just on the cusp of total happiness and fulfillment. Just on the cusp [...]

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Word Cloud

February 3, 2009

Thanks to Jonathan for pointing me to

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