A Dream Reimagined

1999: A young woman sits amongst nearly 200 other young people. The skies are gray and rain falls, sometimes heavily, sometimes just hanging there, suspended in time. You know that kind of rain. The kind where the water sits midair as though it wants to fall, but someone has hit a universal pause button and [...]

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‘Tis a Gift

‘Tis a gift to be simple. It is. For the last ten years, vacations have been less a vacation and more of an adventure. Trips to Ireland, Europe, various states in the US, and Canada were exotic and activity filled. Sights were seen. Alcohol was drunk. The joy came not just from spending time together [...]

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Some Days You’re the Rock

…and some days you’re the rock star. Most days, I’m the rock. I don’t do much but weigh things down. Or break windows. Or knock people unconscious. You get the drift.
Calling a mother a “working mother” is kind of like calling a vodka martini “an alcohol infused vodka martini.” It goes without saying that it’s [...]

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Age Analogies

The Stock Market Crash of 1929 is to people in their 70’s
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Pearl Harbor is to people in their 60’s
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Segregated schools are to people in their 50’s
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JFK’s assassination is to people in their 40’s
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The Fall of Saigon is to people in their 30’s
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The outbreak of AIDS is to people in their 20’s
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The Fall of the Berlin [...]

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Suppressing the Depressing Depression

Some blog posts are vainglorious. They are intended to show off my life or my thoughts. Some blog posts are all about me. Some posts are meant to be used for my own memory book. However, after reading It Sucked and Then I Cried, I realized that not everyone is as lucky as I am [...]

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Passage of a New LAW

On Friday, February 20th, 2009, at 4:49pm, a new LAW was entered into the books. This LAW received only local recognition, with no ties to any political party. However, it is the most important, most controlling law of my life – my son. (Yes, his initials accidentally ended up being “law” and yes, we are [...]

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The Apron Ties that Bind

In a lot of ways, this probably is going to be an unpopular post. First, I need to point out that yes, I consider myself a feminist. However, my definition of feminism is probably different from that of a lot of other women. I’ll jump on the women’s empowerment bandwagon. I’ll admit that I [...]

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Doubtfully Doubting

For the most part, this blog has remained a pregnancy-free zone. Why? For a lot of reasons. First of all, pregnancy is fairly boring. The nearest analogy I can make is that it’s like having a combined case of mono and the flu for nine months, with a twist of Sigourney Weaver in Alien thrown [...]

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Baby Dear

Dearest Baby Boy,
In some ways, you still seem somewhat of an abstract concept. Until last night, I referred to you by your name, as “the baby”, or by any of a number of nicknames (most recently Sir Kixalot). Someday, maybe you will read this letter. Someday, maybe you won’t. Maybe, someday soon, I will read [...]

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How the Poodle Got Her Mojo Back

Ahhh, knitting. To borrow from Homer Simpson, “the cause of and solution to all of life’s problems.” Ever since the energy sucking Gremlin came along back in June, knitting has been activity non grata over here. Who knew that once you got pregnant all those plans for baby sweaters and baby booties and all sort [...]

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