Mama is…

Have you ever had one? I never had one until this birth. Usually my births are followed by a stream of visiting relatives and dinners are either made by dearest husband or ordered out at restaurants. In retrospect, I’ve always taken the newborns out way too early.

This time my friend Kathleen asked if I wanted her [...]

Maybe it’s all the bleak news, the (possibly great) depression we seem(ed) to be sliding into and the ensuing panic, the pandemic flu and the mounting panic, the glaciers melting by 2013 (and the panic? Where the hell’s the panic?!) but I’ve been looking for assurance in the form of “saving the world’ lately (okay, so [...]

Okay, so I’ve told you how awesome Ean is, and I can’t remember if I told you that his first official smile was on day 8. For his daddy. Which is awesome. He’s good at sharing the love.

He also has his first cold (because his sisters are good at sharing the love too) and I’ve [...]