Category: domestic bliss
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My favorite ritual is nail night. Charlie pulls up a chair and plays salon. The first time that he asked “Can I tell you about my day?” I thought oh can you ever! Sometimes it’s his actual day, but more often it’s a pretend day, all the yummier. Charlie: “I went on a journey with…
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In a valiant effort to reduce our TV time, we’ve designated nightly themes—Monday Movie Night, Tuesday Game Night, Wednesday Art & Crafts, Thursday Cozy Book Time, etc. We love TV, and our iPads and our phones and I don’t feel any shame in that. We consume what I think is the very best in education…
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Some of it is rather twee, and I am very very rusty, but I’m doing this again. And by this I mean spending all my money on supplies.
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People, including friends and family, will become afraid of you. Afraid of the mortality you represent, afraid of what to say, afraid to acknowledge your tragedy. Other people, sometimes surprising ones, will step forward into the uncomfortable space and be there for you. Paper gowns fit no one. There’s a secret code…
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We went to the pool today. I had enough energy to do two things, which is a lot. Charlie, who is afraid of the shower, spent an hour directly under the spray nozzles getting drenched. Felix showed off his head dunking, bubble blowing and dog paddling. The bike riding continues to be a success, and…
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Last spring, as we settled into a work-from-home, school-from-home, freak out-from-home routine, I often felt helpless. Helpless to stop the pandemic, helpless to keep my job afloat, helpless to keep my parents and in-laws safe…I knew how to hunker down; the 24 hour domestic family maintenance wasn’t hard. It was a lot like maternity leave,…
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Felix is a name that stems from Latin meaning "happy" or "lucky". It is also the name my oldest son has chosen for himself. We are so happy and lucky to be supported and surrounded by love; and to be the parents of the most stoic and hilarious straight-man kid you’ve ever met.
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You turn five tomorrow. Your arms and legs are thin and strong, your eyes are so round and large that in my dreams you often appear as an owl. A loud, slightly bossy owl. As every second born knows, you will be burdened with the story of being the baby, being the squawker, the pesky…
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Which one of these is HOT honey? Trick question, they BOTH are! Eat a spoonful of honey the nurse said. I’m going to recommend eating straight honey the radiation oncologist said. Oh yes, you’ll have to do the honey trick the nurse navigator said. Even my own mother advised honey to sooth my sore and…
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Mastectomy feels as brutal as it looks. I thought I would feel better by now, week 4. Not completely better or healed of course, but much better than I do feel. The three drains are still in, and still producing more than 30ml of fluid each day. One of them, the bugger, likes to produce…
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