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Just Write 99 27 Aug 2013 | 06:23 am
We walked through the grass that’s getting too long again, across our yard and into our neighbor’s yard, cut through their driveway and stood on their shiny brown stoop. Elsie was in only a diaper bec...
Just Read:books I’ve devoured lately 26 Aug 2013 | 08:47 pm
I still read non-electronic books most of all. I love to read, so much, flipping paper pages and taking in stories. Memoirs and fiction are my favorites. Sometimes, I’m up too late and Morning Heather...
oh so very young 24 Aug 2013 | 06:29 am
Our little acorn grew into a baby and then a toddler and now sometimes I think she’s fifteen, hands on her hips, shouting out orders. On Monday she will start preschool, right next door. The boys will...
Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome: 2 years later 21 Aug 2013 | 07:54 pm
(To read the original post on PTLS click here. And then the next one is here.) Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional. This is not medical advice. I cannot give medical advice and don’t claim to...
Just Write {98} 20 Aug 2013 | 06:41 am
{Just Write simply means that I “just write” without hesitation, not stopping to edit. I end up saying what the page says, not on purpose, sometimes clearly, sometimes not. Feel free to join me.} We ...
Martha and Aidan: stories of health and why we don’t choose it 15 Aug 2013 | 09:02 pm
I was in my early twenties, it was winter and the friends I had grown up with were in town for the holidays. We were younger and had fewer responsibilities, most of us. Some of us by choice and some o...
Just Write {97} 13 Aug 2013 | 07:19 am
August 26th is the first day of school. 13 more days and we’ll be in a totally different stage of life, just like that. Today I was easily annoyed and trying to forgive myself. We moved, we’ve been T...
Back To School Supply Shopping: A Story 12 Aug 2013 | 02:58 am
Last week, after my friend Ann wrote a hilarious school supplies list on Ann’s Rants, I left a comment on facebook for her, mentioning that I didn’t even have the school supplies list yet. This got me...
On the TIME magazine article “The Childfree Life: when having it all means not having children”, how it’s not offensive to me and why 8 Aug 2013 | 08:05 pm
There is something recognizable, the same, about people who have an amazing mother. It seems like a part of their inherent personality, but it’s more than that. It’s what they’ve had instilled in them...
Just Write {96} 6 Aug 2013 | 06:42 am
Give me air conditioning and a cold drink and the goose bumps start. Miles asked me what they’re for, these goosey bumps, and I can’t think of the answer, even though I know I’ve learned this somewher...
