This is Boo Bear. He belonged to Morrison when he was a kid, and now, he belonged to Joe. Coincidentally (OR NOT?) my parents’ nickname for me when I was a kid was ALSO Boo …
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Boo Bear
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Birthdays are for Mothers
Joe is going to be ONE YEAR OLD TOMORROW, and then two, and then three, and then seventeen, and then thirty-four, and then forty-seven, and Oh My God, Come back. I’m filled with reflection: what …
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do you guys want more
One of the many things I learned from our years of trying to have Joe is to never ask anyone if they’re thinking of having kids, or thinking of having more kids, and to instead …
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Alone
Today, on the Many reasons why I love my Husband, I got home the other night to find Morrison watching TV, Alone. I joined him. Me: what’s this? Morrison: It’s this show where people have …
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Dad
Morrison is a Dad now, as he was always meant to be, and I get the privilege of watching it, every day. When we first started dating, I had two too many glasses of wine …
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peak peek lose loose
Morrison reads pretty much everything I write before I turn it in, especially pitch documents and outlines which I sometimes rush through. Basically his brain is the absolute best with streamlining, making things clear, while …
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we have Clothes
One of my favorite things about Morrison is that he has these occasional moments of profound perspective and gratitude in which he truly just stops to appreciate what he has, out loud. Oftentimes the thing …
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Alarm
This morning, while Joe was napping, I burnt some bacon, set off the smoke alarms. He woke up crying and confused, what was that sound and what are ears and was I sleeping, and WHAT …
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Bop!
A very happy birthday to our Bop, which is only the greatest kid-constructed word for Grandma known to man. Joseph’s middle name sake always has a baked good on the counter, collects weird nativity scenes, …
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in a name
Sometimes I’ll experience a singular life moment, and afterwards I’ll be like: I didn’t get any pictures of it! And then I realize it’s because I was too busy….living it? If you get a picture …