Christmas was just a couple of weeks ago, right? I remember thinking that I needed to write a post on books I’d loved in 2012, set some creative goals for …
motherhood
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It’s baby bath time. I’m sitting on the toilet lid. Mike is perched on a small stool. Dominic is sitting in his little plastic tub, playing. As Mike and I …
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I drifted off close to midnight last night and woke up in a panic at 3:45AM, remembering that I had not informed the taxi that was picking me up for …
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“I’m a bad mother.” Even as I heard myself say those words to Mike last week on the phone, I cringed. Mike was away for most of the week, so …
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It has been the month of patience. Or, maybe more appropriately, it has been the month of patience being tested. The last six weeks has held one broken leg (Dominic), …
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Two weeks after Dominic was born, Mike announced that he was going out for a bike ride. “Just a 50km loop,” he said. “I’ll be back within two hours.” I …
