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Calvin's Birth Story 20 Apr 2013 | 04:44 am
This second experience of pregnancy and birth was surreal; after having Evelyn, it was impossible to imagine not only creating a different baby but loving a different baby in the deep, down to my bone...
Toddler Talk 26 Apr 2012 | 10:31 am
It's a tricky transition, this foray into toddler parenting ... and aside from the obvious challenges of tantrums, toilet training, and mealtime antics, one thing I'm still trying to wrap my mind arou...
calling all gurus ... 7 Jan 2012 | 10:26 am
"There is no guru. You have to believe in yourself. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you, mate." - John Lennon From the minute I found out I was pregnant, I...
and then she was two 8 Dec 2011 | 08:33 am
December 7, 2009 Lying in bed, tears brand new you sleeping between us snow on hills outside December 7, 2011 Singing to yourself you run to me, open arms "Happy Birthday me!"
A Haiku for Evelyn 1 Dec 2011 | 07:36 pm
How is it enough To simply watch you grow tall? To laugh with one voice?
just float 9 Nov 2011 | 09:40 am
The other day I went for a long, delicious, solitary, silent hike. These days, this is a rare event indeed. Cool, crisp air, crunchy leaves under my feet, a rustle in the bushes here, a birdsong there...
To Do Before #2 20 Oct 2011 | 08:21 am
My little baby has become a little girl, just like that ... seemingly over night. And I am ssllooowwwlllyyy starting to feel ready for mamahood, level 2 (there, I admitted it!). Many of my mama friend...
P is for Protest 12 Oct 2011 | 05:08 am
The first protest I can remember attending was in March of 2003. I was 22 and home from college for spring break when I took the ferry with my entire family across the bay to San Francisco. An unjust,...
Anatomy of a Toddler-ized Vacation 21 Sep 2011 | 05:57 am
I'm a traveler. I love leaving the confines of my house, exploring new places, getting out of my comfort zone. And so does my daughter. (What is that I hear my mother saying? Payback's a what?) Last ...
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 10 Aug 2011 | 07:15 am
She was hitting me -- I mean really hitting me -- over the head with a miniature dustpan as I lay on the couch, exhausted from the long Monday. Who IS this disobediant, crazed child? Where did my cooi...
