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Maybe We’re Doing Something Right

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We went to our favorite soda fountain this weekend, the one that fits in with my fantasy of what life in a small Midwestern town should be like.
The tin ceiling and gleaming mirrors behind the long marble counter are straight out of set design. The two women who own the shop bustle about delivering meals [...]

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New Eyes

October 28, 2009

She is slight, with curly blond hair and a wide smile. She is soft-spoken and modest and has the air of a girl sheltered from the ugliness of the world.
I show her into the family room. I am embarrassed by the stains on the carpet and damp with perspiration from a frantic, last-minute attempt to [...]

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I Know How They Feel

October 27, 2009
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Fiercely

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I’m tired, so tired. But she looks at me, crazy quilt pulled up to her chin.
Just one song? Stay for one song, Mama.
I see myself in the kitchen, standing at the laptop, pounding out 300 words of drivel as she twirls around me.
Read to me, Mama?
No.
Sing with me, Mama?
No.
Can we make brownies, Mama?
No.
I’m busy.
I hate [...]

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My Favorite Season

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My Kid Rocks

October 2, 2009
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Career Killer?

September 30, 2009

When The Poo was born, our plan was for my mom to watch her when I went back to work.
My first day back in the office was snowy and cold. I sucked in my tummy and zipped up my trousers, pulled on knee socks. I bundled The Poo up in fleece pajamas and a blanket.
We [...]

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I’m Just Going To Put Down Some Hay And Be Done With It

September 28, 2009

I am convinced that when my children go to bed, they unzip their human suits and reveal their real selves—tiny, adorable, DISGUSTING PIGS.
I had an unexpectedly light work load today, and The Babyman was remarkably cooperative. He slept late and took a textbook-perfect nap. I had plenty of writing I could have done during those [...]

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Apple For The Teacher

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The Poo holds an apple she picked at the local orchard yesterday, on her first big-kid field trip.

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Growing Pains

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The past two weeks have been eye-opening—or more accurately, soul-opening.
Yesterday was a long day, even with four hours of babysitting under my belt. I had a lot to do, both professionally and around the house, and so The Babyman was trapped inside with me most of the day.
Then, when we finally ventured out to fetch [...]

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