Don’t Take My Advice

April 17, 2012

I like to ask other parents to share how they raise their kids. I think we’ve made some good choices with Annabel, and I think that’s largely in part to getting many differing perspectives and opinions on different topics. I read lots of “What to Expect” type things: My Toddler This Week, My Two Year [...]

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Where A Kid Can Be A Kid

April 11, 2012

We didn’t frighten Annie enough last weekend with the Easter Bunny or the vicious swimming gopher, so we decided to really give her a tiny toddler heart attack by taking her to Chuck E. Cheese’s. Well, it’s not like we came up with the idea spontaneously or anything – we went for a birthday party. [...]

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The Easter Gopher

April 10, 2012

Before I tell you about my run-in with a vicious gopher, I first must say that we had a lovely Easter. We met up with my Sister-in-Law and her family for a yummy brunch. It was one of those fancy buffets, and I wanted to enjoy it, so I started Annie off with the dessert. [...]

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The Third Seventh

April 9, 2012

This year, I really wanted to run away from it all. Just pack up everything and everyone and escape. But, we couldn’t – instead, we stayed close to home, and tried to get through it. Annie woke up early, on the wrong side of the bed. I didn’t want to get out of bed at [...]

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Try Harder

April 5, 2012

I’m feeling very bitter today. One of the hardest things about grief is that you have it forever, but the people around you eventually move on. The calls and emails and text messages slow down. It’s not that they aren’t sad, or stopped caring, but they can’t hold your hand forever. Nor should anyone expect [...]

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Mama Magic

March 29, 2012

Annie is a dyed-in-the-wool Daddy’s Girl (as I’ve mentioned several times), but right before her second birthday she started to warm up to me. She still calls for Mike during the occasional middle-of-the-night wake up (oh I am so heartbroken, she said sarcastically), but she has things she reliably goes to me for, and it’s [...]

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