My mom very thoughtfully saved some of my baby dresses for me, preserved them impeccably, and gave them to me for Bobbie to wear, but I can’t seem to find a moment to put one …
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An apron
I love a day that starts with me putting on an apron and then it never comes off. It starts with making breakfast for the family then making Joe bread, then dinner to bring a …
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water
I ask Joe what he dreamt about last night, he says Bread, then I tell him about mine, and I remember it as I tell him: I dreamt that I was driving a jeep, into …
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Wipes
There are half empty packs of wipes in every room of our house, in the bottom of every bag, in each car, sometimes twice, there’s a new pack of wipes and then the wipes you …
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Beyoncé
It is possible to be a mom in your 40s and also fun, you just need an Amazon Prime account, some temporary tattoos, credit card points and a hotel room to stick your family in, …
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people make people
One of my favorite thing about people is that they make other people. With the people they love, they make people, who then find people THEY love, and make more people. Soon the house needs …
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she’s glasses
Hi, I don’t know if you recognize me, but today, I’m wearing my glasses. I know. I look VERY different. I’m still me, but profoundly different, because I have glasses on my face. My eyes …
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Can you move
Me to Joe, after a glass of wine on a fairly empty stomach, while watching his tiny body move, which is both tiny but also big: ‘Joe, I grew you in my body, isn’t that …
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take a bow
One of my favorite things about Morrison’s family (specifically my Mother-in-Law) is that they put bows, like actual RIBBON BOWS, on presents. At Christmas time, every present is wrapped and tied up with a piece …
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flying with two kids
Let’s check all our bags except for the bag that will have most of their things, some things will go in a carry-on bag but then some will go in their checked bags, there will …