I am remarkably self conscious blogging about this, considering how much my desire to lose weight was about how my Self is perceived but here we are, 7 months and 40 pounds later, I did …
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Thirst
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He knows when you need Socks
Philosophical question, If you don’t have socks with your kids faces on them ARE YOU EVEN A DAD AT ALL? Santa* brought these for Mo and I must say he* KNOWS, INDEED
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Santa
Morrison worries that we’ve wrapped presents that we say are from Santa in the same paper that we use to wrap presents that we say are from us, because Joe might be onto us, but …
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adult conversations
We had a Latke party and THREE PLAYDATES this weekend, two of which were with kids named River, just further clarifying that we live in LA. I’m exhausted from trying to have real conversations while …
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Hide and Poop
Joe’s favorite game right now is Hide and Seek but he’s very bad at it and it’s my favorite thing. He says I’M GOING TO HIDE RIGHT HERE! COME AND FIND ME! or tells me …
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the Chicago PD
Mary gave birth to Jesus and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger. An angel appeared to nearby shepherds with good tidings of great joy. The angel told them the Son …
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Baby’s first Hanukkah, Chanukah
By which I mean MINE. As I’ve previously announced here, I’ve been exploring Judaism (my Grandmother was, I’m a quarter) in sort of a low key, timid way, of course searching for meaning and guidance, …
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sweets
Joe’s halloween candy still hangs in a bag by the door, he’s forgotten about it, doesn’t want it. Yesterday he started crying at a birthday party, mama I don’t want birthday cake, I’m not hungry, …
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I baked
I had my first IN PERSON PITCH in four years today, so naturally I spent all of the time I should have spent going over my document baking things from the book (Sorghum Molasses cookies …
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Questions
Mama, which car do you want to drive? What’s the moon going to be for Halloween? Do I make you happy? Is he a kid or a people? Does Santa bring all the presents? Does …