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One year ago, today.

March Second. It was a very cold, Saturday morning. I was home alone with my daughter, as my husband was out at a boy brunch to celebrate our dear family friend's birthday. (As a side note, this group of guys, which includes my dad, husband, brousins, family friend and his sons, is called the E Street Supper ...

four eyes

Last week, we found out that our sweet girl needs glasses. She is quite farsighted, in fact. She was having trouble reading her T.S. Elliot Poems at bedtime, so I decided to have her eyes checked. Oh. You know I'm kidding. She can read Preludes just fine. It's her daddy's car magazines that she's having trouble wading through. ...

On this Saturday night last year,

this was happening. My water broke, my contractions were three minutes apart, my mom and dad and husband and I were crowded in a small, somewhat scary delivery room, as we braced ourselves to meet our girl. Tonight, I split a piece of pizza with my daughter, and made two dozen cupcakes, and constructed my girl's favorite character out of fondant, and my mom ...

He may be one year older…

Yesterday, as a special birthday treat, my husband and baby had a special daddy-daughter date; one that involved French pastries, cappuccino, jammies and snuggles. Who could ask for more? And so, while I was out doing birthday-related-things, I sent my husband an email letting him know that I'd arrived at the store, cuz, ya know, we check in like ...

4 years ago, right this minute:

I was singing in a family talent show, as K and I were performing our now infamous duet of "Suddenly Seymour"; I was about to play Cranium, which K and I would win, for the very first time, triumphing over my previously undefeated parents; I was in St. John; I was blissfully unaware that the next morning would bring me some "unexpected ...

One Year Ago, Part 3

Tonight, as we placed the baby in her crib, and she stroked her own full, delicious cheeks with her tiny delicious hands, I couldn't help but to realize that she was wearing a very special nightgown; This gown was the very first anything that my husband and I bought for the baby. It is butter soft, and filled with ...

what’s on your soundtrack?

This evening, as my daughter was entertaining herself in, what I like to call, the Under the Sea seat, I tuned in to hear it playing Pachelbel's Canon, which was, as it is for many people, one of the songs played during our wedding ceremony. The flautist played that most beautiful Canon in D, As the people most important ...

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes

My daughter is named after my favorite Disney Princess. While that may not be the exact reason for the origin of her name, it is also not just a happy coincidence. And it certainly is fun picking out princess paraphernalia for her, which I hope she will treasure as she gets older. In fact, once upon a time ...

This will be

It has been such a strange time, in the whole wide world, and in ours. It is too hard to write about the former, and it is too hard to write about the latter, so I will just tell you about yesterday. Yesterday was K's birthday! We celebrated by waking him up with cuddles and singing. But, then, real life stepped in. ...

Brighter than the sun

Yesterday, I posted a photo collage on Instagram with pictures of my daughter as she went off to have her Kindergarten school pictures taken. I could not believe that she was doing something so grown up; that she looked so mature; that she is so beautiful. I know that it is a thing that people say, but it ...