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• childhood

  Crybaby

  06.28.09 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  My two and a half year old has learned a new song. For weeks she has been singing “Hello, hello, Hello, hello, we welcome you today.” She doesn’t know the other lines; she just sings this opening refrain over and over and over. Only now she sings it: “Nihao, nihao, Nihao, nihao, we welcome you [...]

• blogging, giveaway

  I’m not a follower, I just kind of really love her

  06.25.09 | Permalink | 10 Comments

  So, a lot of stuff online, especially the marketing and many giveaways and the frequent popularity/value divide and the networking (sometimes) disguised as friendship, it all kind of makes me puke-y. But. But. At the risk of sounding like a sheep, I would like to publicly declare that I love Stephanie Nielson. She doesn’t need [...]

• motherhood, parenting

  If I ever left my kids

  06.23.09 | Permalink | 18 Comments

  It would probably be at the Super WalMart, after a marathon shopping match during the pre-dinner rush, with a cart full of  life-sustaining staples like water balloons, brownie mix, and Mountain Dew, on a day that the children have been no more bothersome than usual and that I have forgotten my wallet in the car. [...]

• movies

  Not Green Card

  06.22.09 | Permalink | 17 Comments

  If you’re itching to see The Proposal, you’re better off watching the trailer five times and then renting Green Card, though  in The Proposal‘s favor, there is no montage. (I loathe montages, those cop-out mishmashes set to thematic music that are supposed to take the place of pivotal transition action. The worst montage of all [...]

• childhood, parenting

  Too Much Sorry

  06.18.09 | Permalink | 27 Comments

  I learned how to say “I’m sorry” from my dad. I didn’t always love him when I was a kid. I was afraid of his contempt, and he wasn’t often patient or easygoing. But he taught me how to say “I’m sorry,” because he always said he was sorry. And he proved he was sorry [...]

• Family

  and I have had plenty of bright sunshine over the years

  06.15.09 | Permalink | 8 Comments

  My mother-in-law is having cataract surgery tomorrow, and she has kept me informed about the procedure and plans. Since we moved to Utah almost two years ago, we haven’t been able to see Dick’s mom and sister and our nieces, and I miss them. (And my brother-in-law and nephew. Grampa we have seen, and wasn’t [...]

• daughters

  Sticks and Stones

  06.11.09 | Permalink | 22 Comments

  I’d like to apologize for feelings I hurt on the Bad Mother Manifesto thing. It is always my hope that we can discuss ideas without attacking people, though I do not always succeed at this, and for that I am truly sorry. I hope this explains (metaphorically) why I feel so strongly about appropriating and [...]

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