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06 Sep Worst mom in the world. Happy first day of school!

Posted at 01:25h in Bad stuff, Family, Feelings, Glens Falls, milestones, Parenting, Uncategorized, Working Mom 0 Comments

I had the best laid plans. I bought Henry a new lunch box. Well, new to us; a used Planetbox with custom magnets with all his favorite things; tornadoes, a fire alarm, our Chrysler Town & Country and a family portrait. Unknowingly, Cory's parents also bought...

06 Mar Time is no longer linear

Posted at 16:24h in Feelings, Generations, milestones, Time 0 Comments

I've only scratched the surface with the things I'm going through at my parents' house. Maybe two boxes so far, and I haven't brought myself to throw anything away, which is probably a mistake. But Marz's death and this revisitation of time capsules from my...

30 Nov Little hands

Posted at 03:17h in Art, Family Time, Glens Falls, milestones, Parenting 0 Comments

Today, as has been my tradition for the entirety of Henry's life, I made handprint ornaments with Dolores Thomson of Clay Concepts. We give them to the aunts, uncles, grandparents and great-grandparents every year for Christmas. Danny hands now, too. At this point, they get the gift...

22 Aug Terrible Two

Posted at 20:31h in Family, Family Time, Love, milestones, Time 0 Comments

My son Henry turned two on August 22. On the eve of his first birthday, I went through his tiny baby clothes and heaved profound guttural sobs over the loss of my little newborn son. I remember him seeming so big compared to his first onesies, and...

17 Jul Potty talk at my high school reunion

Posted at 20:23h in Family Time, milestones, Parenting, Potty Training 0 Comments

Last month at my 15th high school reunion in Woodstock, Vermont, I had a chat with my class's valedictorian. She's nowhere to be found on Facebook, so this conversation was a genuine catch-up — that is to say, we didn't have to pretend we had...

03 Jul Word games with the kid

Posted at 21:11h in Family Time, milestones, Parenting 0 Comments

Does “AXYDLBAAXR = LONGFELLOW” mean anything to you? In a cryptogram puzzle, each letter stands for a different letter of the alphabet. I don't like to brag, but I've been doing newspaper “Cryptoquotes” with my mom since I was a kid, and I'm a real...

14 Jul 31

Posted at 02:13h in Family, milestones 0 Comments

Tomorrow I turn 31. I just feel so tired lately. It could be because I haven't been eating right. It's hard to find time, and I've been picky lately. Skipping meals. It's no good, because then I just feel drained, like I ran out of gas....