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21 Jun The sorest spot

Posted at 01:53h in Family 1 Comment

Tonight, rocking Henry after he had fallen asleep, the vague realization of the smell of Henry's sunblock sent me reeling. Before I knew it I was crying and holding him so tight. Today was a typical Very Busy Day in that there were a lot of...

09 Apr Parenting is just a bunch of letting go

Posted at 01:58h in Feelings, Love, milestones, Parenting, Time 2 Comments

[caption id="attachment_590" align="alignright" width="230"] Kid Henry[/caption] Tonight Henry fell asleep in my arms, nursing before bed in the rocking chair in his bedroom. There's nothing unusual about that. It happens most every night. But tonight. Tonight I looked down at my sleeping baby in my arms and...

24 Feb We are so far away from where we’re supposed to be

Posted at 20:10h in green, Parenting, Religion, Uncategorized 2 Comments

I had something like a panic attack in the grocery store just now. Let me back up. I went to the Glens Falls Farmer's Market on Saturday for, embarrassingly, the first time in a long while. My problem is that I can't get my act together early...

19 Feb Chasing the train

Posted at 22:50h in Feelings, milestones, Parenting, Time 0 Comments

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...

03 Feb Veganism, the Apocalypse and the Meaning of Life

Posted at 16:48h in green, Parenting, Religion, Uncategorized 0 Comments

I had read about how background reading aloud is good for a child's developing brain in the opposite way that background TV is bad for him, so I picked a wordy book off the shelf to read to Henry today while he played on the...

28 Jan Bringing the sunshine to Florida

Posted at 23:27h in Family 0 Comments

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...

25 Jan Down on Skid Row

Posted at 03:08h in Bad stuff, Feelings, Parenting 0 Comments

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...