From the monthly archives:

January 2012

Wild Boy

January 26, 2012

Henry has grown three inches since school began in August.
I swear I can hear it at night when he sleeps, a creaky groan over the baby monitor I can’t seem to part with. I like hearing him in the night, his little coos and sighs, his snores and babbling. Sometimes, he says my name.
Mama!
He’s such [...]

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Oh! Hey!

January 11, 2012

So 2011 can suckit.
And you know what? IT’S OVER. OVER OVER OVER. And I could not be happier. Granted, my buddy 2011 signed off by leaving me unemployed (and remind me to tell you about how I resigned and they FIRED ME ANYWAYS) but it’s alllll gooooood, as the kids say.
Is that what the kids [...]

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Gifts, Simple and Not

January 1, 2012

At 0800 hours this morning Operation Dismantle Christmas got under way.
Getting that dead tree out of my living room felt like taking a giant deep breath. We had a nice enough holiday, seeing everyone we wanted and needed to with a minimum of traveling but still, my heart wasn’t really in it this year.
The kids [...]

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