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First day of school - emotional breakdown edition 12 Aug 2013 | 09:38 pm
Okay, so this school year? I have four kids going to four different schools. Let's set aside for the moment how much I spent on school supplies. My lord. No, let's just look for a moment at these kids...
Once upon a time...part 3 9 Aug 2013 | 10:17 am
Part One Part Two If I assumed I wouldn't see Clay again after that first day at church, I was a chump. From that day on, he was there. RIGHT there. Every Sunday. I found it unnerving.Every time we ...
Our cat is a dork. Try to conceal your shock. 6 Aug 2013 | 10:31 am
This summer, while Max was away at camp, our fool cat had a nervous breakdown. She's bonded with the family on the whole, sure (except the dog, whose love-eyes and gentle whine causes Melody to scramb...
Once upon a time...part 2 2 Aug 2013 | 10:52 am
Part One is here. One Sunday, a few months later, I showed up at church. It was summertime, and I was wearing a long, sleeveless blue dress that I lived in that summer. And, I'm told, red lipstick. I...
It's too much 25 Jul 2013 | 10:17 am
This is an actual sign we saw tonight on our actual bike ride. Eighteen years ago tonight I went on a walk. It was hot, but then again, everything was hot just then. I was nine months pregnant with ....
All my powers 18 Jul 2013 | 09:10 am
This morning Sophia came padding into my room. She prefers to begin every day by tucking herself up next to me, wrapping my arm around her sleep-warm form, and discussing...everything. All the things....
Apogee 12 Jul 2013 | 10:23 am
Clay and I picked up Max from camp on Sunday. We were leaving Raphael there for a week, so it was hard to fully enjoy the exhale of having Max back. I mean, after all, first I had to have a panic atta...
Why DON'T people come over more often? 3 Jul 2013 | 10:47 am
This morning a skunk was killed in our yard (we live in a wild and vicious area - and yet, less than five minute drive from the nearest McD's). The smell...oh my lord, the smell. I've smelled skunk be...
Once upon a time... 2 Jul 2013 | 10:41 am
Before I can tell you about meeting Clay, I have to explain where I was. In 2001, my marriage ended. Tre was six, Max was three, and Raphael was four months old the day my ex moved out. The death of m...
Random things that are bothering me tonight 27 Jun 2013 | 09:50 am
I was sitting outside Sophia's room tonight, shushing her, because the child will happily talk until dawn if you don't shut that show down. And later it struck me that one of the things she'd asked wa...
