Like Clockwork
Although Jon and I haven’t yet enrolled in birthing classes, what everyones says is supposed to empower us with pain management techniques and teach us how to work together to get this bulging baby here, we’re already pretty good at being each other’s partner. Anyone who is married or has ever been married knows that [...]
Enjoying
Subversive Cross Stitch
Reading
A Catch
How to Annoy Me
Come to the dog park with treats in your pocket and act all surprised when my dog knocks you over and chews your pants to shreds. Duh?
How to Charm Me
As I walk into the room shifting my enormous weight from one leg to the other, refer to me as your “hot waddler.”
Thinking
Never again will I take for granted the ability to bend over and tie my shoes.
Feeling Guilty
For the pan of brownies, the plate of chocolate chip cookies, and the pound of banana pudding I thought it necessary to cook in one night.
16 Candles
Sunday evening Jon and I along with my sister and her five kids joined my mother and step-father for a late afternoon protein-packed lunch to celebrate the installation of my mother’s new kitchen countertops. My mother being the eternal optimist that she is (or, denialist, if there were such a word to describe someone with [...]
Listening
The Stills: Logic Will Break Your Heart
