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My Life In Pictures

The Voyeur In Me (And You)

June 15, 2009

I remember being a young girl, riding in the backseat of my parents’ car, on the way home from my aunt and uncle’s house.
I remember the thruway, a broken ribbon of yellow rushing under the tires. I remember the sound: whump-whump-whump. My sister sleeping on left, my brother on the right, both their heavy [...]

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Seven Exonerated In Death Of Nine*

June 12, 2009

* Why was six afraid of seven? Because seven eight nine.

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Little Girl On The Prairie

June 7, 2009
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Over-compensating

May 25, 2009

You know how second kids always get the shaft? Like, no baby book, no record of their milestones, just a handful of photos?
And the first child? Pshhh. A million a thousand hundreds of photos, detailed baby book blog dedicated just to them, every sneeze documented with date, location and detailed description.
I worried that I’d short [...]

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Gloria Stienem Wept

May 17, 2009

“Mommy, a girl needs to be her best and look her best, every day.”

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Month Nine

May 6, 2009

He’s nine months old today. Out as long as he was in—longer, actually. He came just a little bit early.
I went to the doctor for my weekly monitoring and ultrasound. The doctor came into the exam room, and told me we had to go that day.
“So,” she said, crazy grin on her face. “Wanna have [...]

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Day in the Life

May 2, 2009
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This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

April 29, 2009

But I love him anyways.
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The Blue-Eyed Purple Paper Eater, or How I Totally Dodged A Bullet

April 26, 2009

The baby likes to fuss and grump before he falls asleep, and to help him occupy himself before The Sandman knocks him out, I leave a couple of toys in his crib.
Until last week, I also left a board book or two.
The Poo always loved books; she would take a couple to bed with her [...]

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This Is What My Heart Looks Like

April 22, 2009

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