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writing life

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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Chambana AKA Blogging Capital Of The Midwest

January 29, 2009

I sat at our local Little Gym today, nose in my book, deliciously unfettered. The baby was home with the sitter, rare for a Thursday, but The Poo had an appointment after class and I didn’t want him to distract me from focusing on the girl.
I managed to groom myself this morning, a minor miracle [...]

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My Own Worst Enemy

January 20, 2009

Nothing makes me screw up like success.
I’m like a sunny day that suddenly turns black and threatening, storm clouds gathering where before there was just blue sky. People come outside, stepping off their front porches, and turn their faces to the heavens, puzzled.
Lately I’ve been buried in work. This is good, yes. Really very good. [...]

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Who’d A Thunk It

January 8, 2009

So in my other life, it seems I am morphing into a celebrity blogger.
I may be interviewing Cuba Gooding Jr. next week, and for certain I am interviewing the stars of the TLC reality series, “Little People, Big World.”
This is all part of my gig over at PD, which has been very, very good to [...]

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Toothsome

January 1, 2009

I don’t remember what The Poo was like when she was teething.
In fact, I find that I can barely remember what she was like as an infant at all. Her first Christmas came and went, made remarkable only by the 6-inch fresh scar on my abdomen and the shell shock of newborn nights.
When did [...]

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Spread Thin

November 14, 2008

I feel like the words are filling me up.
They’re all the way to the top of my throat, wanting to come out, but there just isn’t time. I’m here and I’m here, and if you haven’t heard, I HAVE TWO CHILDREN NOW OMG WHOSE IDEA WAS THAT?
We’re busy. You are, too, aren’t you? The holidays [...]

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My Non-Guilt Guilt

September 13, 2008

I spent yesterday morning at the coffee shop where I do my writing.
I had three glorious, child-free hours, half of which was spent having coffee with a friend. The babysitter I hired two weeks ago came at 8:30, and I delivered Shaggy into her capable hands, gave her the TV remote and left with The [...]

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From Bad Habits To Healthy Eating

September 9, 2008

Awhile back the good folks at 3-A-Day asked me to write about our horrid eating habits, and how we will tackle our goal of a healthier diet during the busy back-to-school season.
Take a look, would you?
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Living in the Midwest has been a culture shock.
Growing up in an industrial city on Lake Ontario meant my idea [...]

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