Seven Months Pregnant
I realized recently that I see this blog like I did my childhood diaries. Certainly, it is an imperfect record of the last 14 years of my life. It’s been nearly a year since I’ve written here and I...
View ArticlePregnancy Complications
Whenever I dreamed about being pregnant, I always imagined I would be like other women, carrying to near term, going into labor at home, and rushing to the hospital in the wee hours between...
View ArticleSix Months of Parenting
The last six months have passed faster than any other phase of my life. These days, I spend most of my time shepherding these two through naps, feedings, diaper changes, and playtime. I have known...
View ArticleThings for Which I am Grateful
I am grateful that I don’t have to do laundry the way women once did, dragging their soiled linens to a stream and pounding them against the stones. I am grateful that I don’t have to cook food for my...
View ArticleTwo Years Ago
While I was waiting for the transfer to happen, I took a hopeful selfie. Two years ago right now, I was in a strange, in-between place. A few days earlier, my first round of IVF had resulted in the...
View ArticleApartment 2024 Expansions
Back in July, Scott and I bought the studio apartment next door to us. It has been nothing short of life changing. I’ve now lived in this apartment for nearly 19 years (wrap your brain around that...
View ArticleJanuary 26, 2022
I think about writing in this space every day. Sometimes, it’s just a whisper of a thought that passes so fast that I barely notice it happening. Other times, it’s a more insistent urge. Lately, the...
View ArticleJanuary 30, 2022
A few days ago, this little emblem fell off the cabinet where it has been affixed for the last 56 years. It was a feature of the kitchen that would often catch my eye and I would always think to...
View ArticleFebruary 24, 2022
Sammy and Declan have recently started making up small, silly stories, and I am loving every moment of it. A couple of days ago, I was changing Declan’s diaper and Sammy hopped into Declan’s crib....
View ArticleClearing my Email Inbox
This picture has nothing to do with the contents of this post. It’s Sammy and me, taken yesterday at the playground. I haven’t had a handle on my email since the two weeks before my twins were born...
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