Just So That It Doesn’t Become Totally Extinct

I suppose it is official now. I have lost complete interest in this blog. It brought me through some joyous as well as difficult times. It sustained me when I had nothing else to make me feel like a grown up. It was my outlet, my therapy, my connection to the outside world and [...]

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‘Sun’ Light

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Sense Memory

To me, the strongest memories are not cognitive. They are felt, with the senses.
Today I stepped onto the elevator at work and it smelled exactly like the tenement I used to stay in when I lived and worked in Chicago right after finishing college. Exactly. Instantly, I was taken back. It was more than just [...]

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We’re Done

I have not broadcasted it to the world because I tire easily of judgmental glances. But I can’t see the look on your face when you’re reading my blog, so this is the perfect place to make my announcement.
Ant has weaned.
I wanted very much to try extended nursing with him, and I wanted even more [...]

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Mommy Guilt

I believe I can honestly say now that I have dropped my case of Mommy Guilt. It has taken me quite a while (about 9 months or so) but, I guess, better late than never. It dawned on me this weekend as I was lounging around watching Lifetime – for the first time in many [...]

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Core Changes

I promise you, I am not pretentious. I have never been one to try to impress people or care about what others think of me and how I am living. I definitely do not try to keep up with the Joneses. I am cynical enough to wager that Mr and Mrs Jones probably hate each [...]

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Fierce Advocate

I refrain from spanking my boys. They are well-behaved and for now (at least) I am able to get them back in line with stern words or the occasional time-out.
But this evening, after a perilous situation involving the hot stove, Ant refused to listen when I verbally corrected him – twice. So in order to [...]

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What If I Don’t Like It?

It seems like not that long ago we were without power in our home due to gale-force winds. Now an ice storm has devastated our region, leaving over 500,000 people without electricity. My home being one of them.
So we have taken refuge at my mom’s house until things return to normal. Early this morning Bean [...]

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My Achilles Heel

I am a doer. A go-getter. When I say that I am going to do something — I simply do it. I have a stellar track record of setting goals and subsequently attaining them, for as long as I can remember, both big and small. Everything from graduating summa cum laude, to earning my MBA, [...]

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At What Age Do They Stop Crying With Their Voices?

Sometimes, usually near the end of the week, we have excrutiating evenings at home. The boys will be so discontent. Whining and crying over nothing; unhappy over everything; and generally just in a foul mood. There have been nights, literally, where they have spent more time crying than doing anything else. This is extremely hard [...]

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