Motherhood

That’s life

April 10, 2012

Oh hey look! A blog post. Actually this was just a test to see if I even remembered my password to get into this site. Turns out I do. I guess that’s the upside to using one of the same three passwords for every. single. thing. I’d like to say I’ve recommitted myself to writing [...]

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March 16, 2012

I sit with my back against the arm of the couch and my knees pulled up. Like when she was a baby, I sit her facing me, with her back against my knees. Only now, her legs extend past my ears and her head is high above my the tops of my knees.  I laugh [...]

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The next time they’re fighting, I’ll remember this moment

February 13, 2012

I push the recliner back and forth, snuggling my feverish baby to my chest. Cole pops his thumb in his mouth and for a few moments sits still in my lap.  I press my lips to his forehead, using the timeless test of mothers everywhere to feel that he’s still warm, but not hot. I [...]

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if the moment was a picture

January 23, 2012

If the moment was a photograph, it would be black and white. The black sky,  lit only by a handful of stars peeking through heavy clouds releasing soft snow into the sky. The highlights across the curve of his forehead and the bridge of his nose from the nightlight plugged safely into the corner of [...]

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When it’s not all puppies & sunshine

January 18, 2012

Cole had a hell of a time going to sleep last night. I don’t know if he was wound up from a late nap, teething, if the medicine I gave him for a cold was messing with him or if he just wanted to screw with me.  But 90 minutes after I laid him down [...]

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On c-sections… and education… and judgment

January 11, 2012

It’s been a year since the migraines started. Almost a year since we started talking about a c-section. Just over ten months since the surgery and Cole’s birth. I never gave much thought to a c-section or paid attention to heated debates, snarky comments and even well meaning advice for people to become more educated [...]

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Shaking off the week

December 12, 2011

I’m still in sweatpants and the t-shirt I slept in last night, trying to shake off the night of not so great sleep that followed the week of not so great sleep.  Cuddled in my arms is a sweet blond boy who just finished his morning bottle.  As I always do, I run my hand [...]

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Weekends were made for this

November 30, 2011

A Sunday afternoon earlier this month.   Finding joy and happiness in the simplest of things.  Like a game of hopscotch.  And learning to jump.  When the weather was cool but not cold. When the leaves had fallen off the trees and the calendar said we should be pulling out mittens and heating chocolate, but the [...]

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Things I love about right now

November 23, 2011

Last night, I was trying to get Chessa to hold her head still while I brushed her hair.  “Sweetie, what color are your eyes?” I asked, in an attempt to distract her. Intently she looked in the mirror and studied her eyes.  “Blue!” she answered.  Her eyes are the exact hazel color of her father’s.  [...]

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An open letter to mothers of babies: I didn’t know.

September 26, 2011

disclosure: I’m not the first person to write about this.  In fact, Law-Momma wrote two posts that do way more service to it than I could.  Grab your tissues then read this and this.  Sometimes I think the worst part of being a parent is not the sleepless nights spent walking a teething baby. Nor [...]

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