Old School Posts

• My Baby Is Two

  Baby (October 2010, "Practicing") Dear Baby, Today you are two. Two years old. And this is very hard for me to believe, but it also makes perfect sense. Hard for me to believe because, in so many ways, it was yesterday. That crisp October evening. It was our third trip to the hospital. Yes

• All Belly!

  From the front, not so scary. Just that telltale roundness on either side. The hand, properly placed, provides better perspective. There is indeed a baby in there. From the side? Wow. Apologies if this startles you. Truth be told, it startles me. Because that is a big belly. I thin

• Moment to Moment

  What amazes me is the keen contrast, the devilish dichotomy, the quickening of shadows in sunlight. What amazes me is how quickly things can change. How one moment, one good moment, can be crammed with mundane joys, spilling over, leaking laughter. And how the very next moment can be opaque with

• Not a Birthday Person

  Disclaimer: There is a high probability that this post will make no sense. To the extent that there is some philosophical meat to it, it will be buried in more frivolous anecdotal whining. You see, today is my day sans Nanny (cry me a river) and I have just spent the past four hours and forty-th

• Beach Bound

  We are beach bound, friends. Off to Husband's aunt and uncle's wonderful place in Cape Cod. It will be a bit of a trek with the trio and their endless paraphernalia and the many miles, but we will make it there. And when we do, we will scatter hugs and sport sunny smiles. We will hop in the pool a

• What Not To Say

  Forgive me, but I have conversation on the brain. It's not a crime. But it might be an obsession. While we were away in South Carolina for the holiday weekend, I had a little chat with Toddler that I can't seem to get out of my mind. It was a tiny exchange, a sweet little Mommy-Daughter Momen

• Just One Page

  Humility, begone. I'm a bit of a genius. Calm down. I'm kidding. Kind of. A while back, I wrote about my mini-epiphany (I have a fair amount of these, don't I? But don't be envious. They are mini.) that every year is 365 days which is about the length of the average novel. That is actually

• I Believe

  I believe in short sentences. And long love. I believe in big dreams. And small changes. I believe in deep laughter. And shallow fun. I believe in good friends. And bad television. I believe in straight talk. And crooked timber. I believe in baby cheeks. And adult peaks. I beli

• Should We Let Toddler Decide?

  So, we are experiencing a bit of a "built-in delay" on the Happy Headache.  Apparently, demolition exposed some "existing conditions" that needed to be analyzed by a structural engineer and we are waiting on this guy's report to proceed. So, in the meantime, Husband and I accompanied our incompa

• Humbling Hearsay

  Yes, I was multi-tasking.  Baby was cradled in my left arm, chewing on a very safe key-chain-thing.  On my right, trusty Laptop was open, feeding me that nutritious morning mix of news and Facebook updates and tweets (yes, I joined! follow me!). Husband was in the kitchen feeding Toddler her equal