Category: it’s all relative
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Viv: "Look, Charlie is looking at me Mama!" Me: "Look at that! Oh Vivi, he loves to watch you. He is going to watch you his whole life. You're always going to be his big sister, his teacher. You'll have to teach him all sorts of things" Viv: "Will you help me?" Me: "Oh yes…
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4th of July 1982, Pioneer Village, Nebraska I have had my feet in two worlds for large parts of my life. Growing up in a smallish town on the edge of an industrially polluted lake where my classmates were not expected nor encouraged to go to college, I was the (obnoxious) Doctors Kid. My big-city mother struggled…
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The second baby is both easier and more difficult. I knew what was coming, so I dreaded labor and delivery. My experience with Viv was so tough, I feared a repeat. And no, "getting a healthy baby at the end" does not erase a bad birth experience. It certainly helps over the alternative, but a…
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We have returned from our annual spring break road trip. Our final destination was Berea, Kentucky so there was less road than last year when we drove all the way to Ashville, NC. The weather provided less spring too this year too. But what sunshine there was we enjoyed and the flowering trees were a…
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After a day of walking in quaint Nashville, Indiana: Me: "Did you notice there was a good mix of tourists in town? Kids, seniors, quite a few gay families too, that's nice". Mom: "Well, there are a lot of fudge shops"! Posted with Blogsy
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There is nothing like an impending party for motivation! More work on the house kept us up late all week, mostly outside. The beautiful spring weather and long nights have me in the mood to plant flower pot after flower pot. It's a good thing I enjoy planting them, as usually I've killed them by…
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Spring came early this year, or so it felt as we were on the road heading south. The trees along the side of the road were nearly green when we made it to Berea, KY. Asheville, NC was our trip destination, but Berea became our favorite stop that we had made along the way. The…
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Viv: “I saw your trunk today Papa” Papa: “You saw my what?” Viv: “You have a trunk like an elephant!” Exit bathrobe, enter pants. Posted with Blogsy
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Just like Versailles, our favorite time at Biltmore was the gardens, not the house. And like every trip of my childhood, the warm sunny cobblestone courtyard with coffee and croissant was where we spent most of our time. I can’t recall how many museums and chateaus we never did enter…well, because we didn’t! But I…
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I enjoy getting Viv gussied up to visit Nonna…no one appreciates the cute tights, nice jackets and Italian baby boots like a Sicilian seamstress and shoemaker’s daughter. Last Sunday, when we dropped CiCi off for an afternoon with her, Nonna was in her morning duds. When we picked CiCi up in the afternoon, there was…
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