May 2011

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• baby Molly, motherhood, scout

  Stealing time

  05.26.11 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  There’s nothing I can say that hasn’t been said before and that could in any case convey the bittersweetness as Molly cuts her third tooth and climbs to the top of the stairs as soon as my back is turned. And I won’t apologize for neglecting everything to rock her as she nurse-naps in the [...]

• Being Mormon, women

  Maybe we could just call it Woman’s Day?

  05.11.11 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  I don’t hate Mother’s Day like I used to. For one, it was a lame animosity on my part, petty and resentful and small, un-acknowledging of how blessed I am to be a mother to four healthy daughters. And for two, Tom buys me gardening stuff for Mother’s Day, and helps me build ever-more garden [...]

• scout

  It never gets old

  05.11.11 | Permalink | Comments Off

  I think I have done this to each of my children, and it is as fresh as the first time.

• motherhood

  Unlovable Lovable You

  05.10.11 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  The other day Tom asked me, half (or more) seriously, why I love the baby best — why I never get mad at her, why she always gets kisses and gaga-happy greetings, and how I can cheerfully drop everything to take care of her ficklest of whims. Evolutionary biology, I said. But I do have [...]