July 2009

Words from the vault

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• Need some advice

  Okay, friends. Today's post is not about pretty writing and aha! moments. I need some advice. Here are the details: On Monday afternoon I took the boys to the grocery store. There was a sale on Crayola products in the aisle of the frozen foods section. Go figure. In an effort to quiet the beasts,

• The moment I decided an IUD was for me

  Ethan is my third child. My third boy (yes, I have to remind you of my boy parade every chance I get because I am CLEARLY KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE THAT I WILL ONE DAY HAVE A DAUGHTER). My post-delivery, six week OB check up went exactly the same as it had 15 months prior when second-boy Max was the l

• Many the Miles

  Play Me [audio: many_the_miles.mp3] I pulled on my running tights yesterday and laced up my new sneakers. I snaked through the streets in my neighborhood, up the hill past a golf course, along tree-lined avenues painted with picturesque houses, through a lonely college campus. It was Halloween a

• Priorities, Insecurities and Experiences

  Maybe you've noticed it's been a while since I wrote anything substantive. (Maybe that's my ego talking and you haven't noticed anything at all about me. That's just the way it should be, actually.) Here's the thing: The week of daring writing paralyzed me. All week I thought daring thoughts, walked

• The Receipt

  With a play cash register, some plastic food, a marker, a small pad of paper and a reusable grocery bag, my children started the day playing. Together. A grocery store. A list. Shopping. They played in one room as I sat in another, drinking coffee, listening to their imaginations float through to me

• How I make it through the week as a full-time working mother

  Working full-time is kicking my ass. It's been nearly two weeks and I'm absolutely drained. Sitting in front of a computer for 8 hours punching numbers and taking calls and writing letters and decoding mumbled instructions from my boss is all so very draining. A few things have helped me along the w

• On your mark ... Get set ...

  Well folks, here it is. The stark truth. Staring at me. A while ago Sarah and I decided to participate in NaBloPoMo. And here it is Oct. 30. So we are going to have to gear up. Am I back in with both feet, as Sarah so understandably asked? Yes, I am. So give us tomorrow to gorge ourselves on can

• Come on. You know you want to!

  Listen Here. We all spend a heck of a lot of time thinking about our lives, breaking things down into posts, and piecing the words together. We deserve a little more from it all, and Jen and I really want to make that happen. So we have decided to start Five for Ten. If you are just landing here,

• Letter to my sister

  Dear Sarah,I feel I already have failed you. Wasn't I the one who volunteered to write the next post? Yesterday. After we agreed to a daily presence? Allow me to explain.Well, I arrived home to a sick kid and the fallout of a SICK KID. And it was dinner time. Need I say more? The night promised to b