Lately I don’t quite know what to put here, but I am maniacally committed to putting, even if it’s just a word, and the word is just HI or NO. My brain is mush of …
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Toddle Tale
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The Ceremony
Us, to Joe, ceremoniously: Joe, look! We have gathered all of your pacifiers here. You’re growing up, so you don’t need them anymore. We’re going to say goodbye to them. We’re going to put them …
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Glass Pumpkins
Thumbing through my North Carolina Our State Magazine this morning, wishing its pages of Blue Ridge Mountain pictures were one of Bert’s murals that I could leap into, I came across a beautiful spread of …
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He Walks
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Butterflies
Joe has this one book where he likes to flip through and point out all the butterflies, BAH!, then flip to the front and do it all over again, which is one of the many …
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One.
When it comes to the birthdays of those that I love, I am not subtle. I go big and shout my love and ask of the person many times, ARE YOU HAVING A GOOD BIRTHDAY? …
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National Momshaming Week
It’s National Breastfeeding Week which means lots of posts on Instagram about how selfless Mothers are for solely breastfeeding their children, and what hard work it is. Both true things. Hashtag breast is Best. For …
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BREATHTAKING
I’ve seen fireworks over a glacier lagoon in Iceland, I’ve looked down on Machu Picchu from a summit above it, I’ve seen the jungle in Costa Rica and old churches in Prague and MANY MANY …
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Away Message
Sorry I can’t respond to you right now. I’ve just realized that there will come a point in time when I’m not supposed to kiss his elbows, or smell his ears, or squeeze his thighs, …
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there’s no u in mom
I returned yesterday from my sojourn VERY excited to see Joe. I missed him like he was a new boy I was dating who’s just learning how to eat food. I thought about him constantly …