Am I Still Here?
July 29th, 2009
I ask myself this all the time as my life has become a swirl of long, wakeful nights intermingled with short, sleepy days off. Since March I’ve been working three twelve-hour night shifts as a clinical coordinator (supervisor) and coming home, trying to meld myself back into the day shift mom I have to be [...]
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Condoms, bananas and Led Zeppelin
March 7th, 2009
So, #1 had her first official date last night. I can’t recall ever being as nervous about letting her go somewhere. All I could think about was what it felt like the first time a boy touched me anywhere on my body and the endless front-seat-of-his-car makeout sessions in my parents’ driveway.
It’s not that I [...]
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In the Land of Women
January 17th, 2009
This was one of the perfect moments in life to watch this movie. Of course I don’t know what other perfect moments there will be in my own life for this story but in this particularly perfect moment there was #1 and I alone on the couch for the evening. This doesn’t happen often because [...]
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Kathie
August 13th, 2005
Tonight I was putting away some jewelry and saw a special piece of paper poking out of the bottom. I rarely take it out and look at it becuase I can’t read it without crying. Before I tell you about the paper, let me tell you about my Aunt Kathie. I met Aunt Kathie when [...]
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