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Family Time

19 Feb

Posted at 22:50h in Feelings, milestones, Parenting, Time

Parenting feels like a train I just can't catch. The familiar scene where the hero races up on his horse and stre-e-e-etches out for the railing on the caboose to grab hold and triumphantly board the train. It's going so fast, cacti whooshing by in...

28 Jan

Posted at 23:27h in Family

Yesterday we had Henry's Gram and Grampa over for dinner, along with Uncle Andrew and Aunt Mindy and Great-Aunt Sandy. Gram and Grampa are heading to Florida for two months. I kept so busy with dinner and visiting that the bitterness of the occasion didn't...

27 Jan

Posted at 03:03h in green, Parenting

I hope to raise Henry with a healthy, educated view of stuff. It's tricky. My own relationship with stuff is conflicted. I like to hold onto things that trigger memories, but I also don't want anything new.The Story of Stuff films and book have really...

25 Jan

Posted at 03:08h in Bad stuff, Feelings, Parenting

As I read yet another post on Facebook about abortion laws, the thought occurs to me again. I try to enjoy the moment. Live in right now, where everything is lovely, people he knows are bursting with love for him and the only pain he...