Morrison just showed me this picture he took of the moment I got to meet Joe. It was really only ten hours or so from when they ceremoniously yanked him out of me to when …
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before, after
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motheirlooms
Morrison’s mom made us these amazing receiving blankets, and like anything one might want to get in the mail from a family member, THEY HAVE A STORY. When Cam was pregnant with her first kid, …
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Nurse Appreciation Week!
Y’all, it’s NURSE APPRECIATION WEEK (which maybe should be adjusted to NURSE APPRECIATION FOREVER) and so today I’m here bragging on two of my Sister in Laws for their service. Morrison’s sister Emily is a …
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a picture of Humans, Together
Me, two months ago: I REFUSE TO POST GROUP SHOTS OF ZOOM SESSIONS AS IT WOULD NORMALIZE THEM AND GRADUALLY ALLOW THEM TO REPLACE ACTUAL TIME SPENT TOGETHER Me, now: LOOK AT MY SISTERS AND …
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This is Timeless
When your late Grandmother’s childhood friend Geri, who you’ve recently befriended, a retired psychiatrist now in her 80s who lives alone in Florida, who calls all of the Jews she and my Grandma grew up …
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That time we were Wimps
Me, complaining to my Mom on the phone yesterday: Our doctor won’t let Morrison be in the room for the next ultrasoundddddddd! Mom: (with genuine empathy) Oh, no! Me: It’s a precaution because of the …
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Meet the Pod
Social Pod: (n): a small group of individuals who have achieved the required quarantine state, and therefore know they are not infected with coronavirus, and THEREFORE can begin to socialize in person Our pod: Morrison, …
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Mercy; Comfort
Like an apocalypse mouse hunting for tiny pieces of old ‘toast’ even though ‘toast’ is not a thing anymore but still I want this memory of ‘toast’, I wake up each morning searching corners of …
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Birth / Death
On Tuesday, my cousin Matt Pendergrass suddenly passed away at the age of 42. Here he is doing what he did best (read: Beach Smiling): And today, my Grandpa Joe turns 92. Here he is, …
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Charmed, I’m sure
For Christmas this year, The Brunstetters copied the Foster-Keddies, maybe because I forced them to, and did a Secret Santa type gift exchange. Employing a very fancy Santa app in which I first accidentally left …