I wake from a nightmare at dawn, tangled in damp sheets. I was pregnant, just starting to show. Tired, swollen, and depressed, I wanted to go hiking to boost my mood, but I was ravenous and needed to eat something first. All I could find was a fluorescent buffet bar in a hotel lobby, loaded [...]
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Three-peat?
April 13th, 2011 1 Comment
Tags: babies · family · how many kids? · motherhood · siblings
Sister Talk
December 4th, 2009 No Comments
Two siblings talking at the breakfast table. Another miracle… They now share a private conversation separate from our adult world. The two-year-old interrogates the 4-year-old, delighted at her new verbal prowess. (dialogue recorded September 2009 and just now rediscovered in an old notebook)… C: D’you like SNAKES, Ava? A: NO. C: D’you like BEARS, [...]
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Sibling Harmony
July 20th, 2009 2 Comments
Binkies, bunnies, and baby-crap: $2000 Four years of disposable diapers: $4000 Photo of two sisters hugging: PRICELESS
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