From Megan– Every baby should be so blessed as to enter the world and her family so peacefully and surrounded by so much love and joy. Congrats Steph and family of the perfectly blissful-sounding arrival of beautiful baby Ivy! From Veronica– In Seeing Color, Tonggu Momma writes about how her understanding of color and ethnicity…
Monthly Archives: September 2008
The Circle Of Life
By Stephanie I am no longer in waiting! My sweet baby girl arrived at home early Monday morning in the most peaceful and dreamy way. I’ve been gushing about her all week, and am just soaking in every single scrumptious inch of her newborn sweetness. No matter how many times I’ve been pregnant, I still…
The Scariest Post I Have Ever Written
By Beck I have way too many small animal encounters of the horrifying kind. I wrote recently of what a spider did to me and it was just AWFUL so let’s not rehash it and this WOULD be the one year anniversary TO THE DAY of that time I found the dead mouse in the…
Almost Lake Wobegon
By Kelly It was rainy and cool in Minneapolis this past weekend, harbinger of an autumn that’s coming on much too fast. Fighting the doldrums and Early Onset Cabin Fever, my husband and I gathered our three kids Sunday afternoon and headed to the Minnesota Children’s Museum. We hadn’t visited since spring. Summer is glorious…
Windstorms and Candles
By Veronica Yesterday a windstorm blew through our midwestern city, the last gasp of Hurrican Ike. We had no rain, no thunder, no tornadoes. Just hurricane-force winds (so they tell me), shaking the trees and rolling up the roofs like scrolls. My husband is now outside, gathering the dead branches that litter our yard. After…
While My Computer Gently Weeps
By Megan Wouldn’t y’all think writing a post on the topic of parenting’d be the easiest thing in the world for a woman in my position? I’ve got a peppy, way-too-clever-and-articulate three-year-old and a 5 week old baby boy who’s already got little fat rolls on his chubby little thighs and has suddenly found both…
The Glue That Binds
By DeeDee I put on my reading glasses to see the tear in the tiny Polly Pocket dress that my daughter just brought me to repair. Daily, my children lay beloved toys before me, hoping above all hopes that I can make them whole again. I’m pretty handy with a tube of glue. I can…
You Moved Us
Our sister sites were full of moving posts this week. Here’s a few must-reads: But What Can Just One Person Do? at 5 Minutes For Special Needs. Starting At Square One at 5 Minutes For Going Green. Villiany at 5 Minutes For Books. A Perfect Day Of Firsts at 5 Minutes For Mom. And from…
A Quiver Full
By Stephanie My ever-growing belly attracts enough attention as it rounds every corner a few minutes before the rest of me does. But observe me going pretty much anywhere with my three other children and we’re a full-on show. We get the stares and the whispers and the “you poor thing” looks from strangers no…
Fragile
By Beck It’s rarely a good thing when your kid’s school phones you in the middle of the day. Especially when you answer the phone and the school secretary starts talking in a very apologetic voice. “What happened?” I cut in, right in the middle of her greetings. “The Girl – and I don’t think…