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Motherhood

Croup with a side of constructive criticism

January 26, 2011

I believe I may have mentioned Caroline has been a little under the weather. The official diagnosis given by our pediatrician is the croup. Which I’d pretty much already figured out by virtue of the fact that my baby sounded like a seal hoping for a dead fish. I guess I could have saved myself [...]

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My big girl

May 21, 2008

Last Monday I was driving Caroline to school when she announced that she didn’t want me to park and walk her in to school like I’ve done for the last two years. Her exact words were “Mama, drop me off by Mrs. J.” “Are you sure? You don’t want me to walk you in?” “Mama, [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day to me

May 12, 2008

Last Monday my friend AJ called and invited P, Caroline and me to spend Saturday at her family’s ranch. I told her we would love to because we always love spending time with her, plus she’s leaving in two weeks to go to Africa for three months to work on her book project called Lahema’s [...]

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In somewhat loving memory of the fish

April 28, 2008

It was sometime around Easter when it dawned on me that April was right around the corner and I knew deep in my soul what was looming on the horizon. So it was with fear and trembling that I opened Caroline’s school bag during the first week of April. Sure enough, there it was. The [...]

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The steam has left me weak and nonsensical

December 12, 2007

So, yes. The blog is undergoing some renovations. It’s still a work in progress, so what you’re seeing isn’t the finished product. Right now it’s the beauty equivalent of having on some foundation, but knowing you’re going to look better once you have on a little bit of lipstick and perhaps some mascara. And, no, [...]

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