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Tonight

May 10, 2012

The air blows my hair and wraps my skirt around my legs. I pull my jacket in close and lower my head against the wind as I walk back into the office, my heels clicking against the blacktop parking lot.  From the car, it seemed warm, but the air is so cold and suddenly I [...]

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tidbits – the first

March 5, 2012

A few weeks ago my friend Kristi started doing Tidbits of Talk, just a sort of way to wrap up the week. Then, my friend Jess jumped in. So now, I am too. At least for this week. Maybe it will get my writing juices flowing again. I’m so far behind on this blog. Cole is [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Vacation Edition

February 15, 2012

I owe this little corner of the internet some attention.  It’s on my to do list, I swear. I have things, so many things, I want to write about. Unfortunately “write on the blog” is firmly placed behind things like “do the work for which I get a paycheck,” “feed and bathe the children I [...]

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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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first child, second child

January 30, 2012

First Child:  Wears three, yes three, different yet equally adorable outfits on her first Christmas. Second Child: Wears the same outfit for three different functions leading up to and including Christmas day. First Child: Momma drops her baby weight like a hot potato because every time the baby whimpers, she drops the cold cereal she [...]

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Delay of game

January 3, 2012

“But I CAN’T take a bath because I have to go downstairs!” she insisted with tears streaming down her face and a voice at a level that was dangerously close to waking up her I just got him to sleep little brother. I handed her the doll she got for Christmas, the one made for [...]

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Cheers!

December 30, 2011

I’ve never been a big New Year’s Eve party kind of girl.  Unless you count that one December 31st when I was in high school and a good friend from down the street came over while my parents went out to a party.  We lived it up with movies, pizza, snacks and Dick Clark counting down [...]

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The Grinch Clearly Didn’t Have A Two Year Old

December 21, 2011

Christmas has always been a magical but crazed time. Before there were babies in my life there was juggling multiple dinners and making sure every last aunt and uncle were hugged and kissed. There was shopping for the perfect present for Craig and getting frustrated because he’s so damn hard to buy for. This year, [...]

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Just trying to keep things in perspective

December 7, 2011

Tonight there was: Hamburger Helper and microwaved broccoli that I called dinner. Phones within reach, in case of an important phone call, text or email. Toys snatched from each other, negotiations made and tears. Countless retrievals from the steps of a baby who is way to eager to be moving. No less than two episodes [...]

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Biting my lip

December 5, 2011

My lips are dry and sore. I bite them because I’m nervous and on edge and just a wee bit stressed out lately and that makes them dry and then I bite them because they are dry.  “Quit biting your lip,” I can hear my father saying as he’d tap my chin to remind me. [...]

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