Here is what I wrote in my journal around this time exactly one year ago: Thursday 8 August, 2014 I feel like this day has passed in ultra-slow motion. It is the day before literally the biggest day of my life … Continue reading
I’m three weeks into being back at work and I am finally getting into a groove. Most of the time our days look something like this: 5:30-6:00—Hutch wakes up crying in the next room over. In the morning he always … Continue reading
Hutch is so much like a tiny little puppy that I’ve actually taken to calling him Puppy as a nickname. He bounces (the human equivalent to a wagging tail) when he’s excited (which is often), he pants and drools and … Continue reading
I keep hearing about mothers whose babies have died, and I feel heartcrushingly sad. I don’t know how I would deal with the loss of my son, and sometimes when I think about it—trying to prepare myself for the horrific worst—I … Continue reading
Back when I announced I was pregnant I sort of expected that people would be annoyed by pregnancy update posts. I didn’t plan on writing too many of them for fear of alienating what few readers I had left (after … Continue reading
Women only [call each other sister] when they have called each other a lot of other things first. —Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest Did I ever tell you I was blessed with the World’s Greatest Sister? All of you have … Continue reading
I guess maybe some of you are wondering where I’ve been lately. That is a very good question. I have been: In Texas, commemorating the life of a man I both loved and barely knew. In Arizona, feeling bad that … Continue reading