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Sweet Awakenings: January 2011
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Thursday, January 27, 2011. I think we can assume that "Baby, Baby" was inspired by elves. I’m nothing if not consistent in my inconsistent blogging. It’s incredibly annoying, I realize. We have a few versions of this song in iTunes (why? I’m not sure what you mean, Noah.” There was a song from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer playing now. Was Mrs. Claus in that movie? Yes, I think she was.I remember her squawking at Santa to put on some weight to fill out the red suit. But did she have a song? The one whe...
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Sweet Awakenings: Noah
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Sunday, July 12, 2009. Finally, I gave you a little pat. Night night, Bubba.". I love you.". Melt my heart, why don't you. My sweet, crazy little boy. You seem more grown up to me all the time. So for now, I'll treasure these days when you love puppies and bunnies and "choo choos" and Barney and platefuls of cheese and blueberries and reading Brown Bear, Brown Bear. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Rising Dough and Real Vanilla. When giving in becomes a golden moment.
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Sweet Awakenings: Schoolgirl
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Thursday, August 12, 2010. I blinked and it happened. My eyes closed and she toddled toward me, all chubby-armed and wild-haired, babbling her first words. They opened and she sat next to me on the couch yesterday, all lean with freshly-cut bangs, easily reading books aloud to me from cover to cover. My heart swells proud and breaks open with the bitter sweetness of it all. At others I was too caught in the momentary struggles to appreciate the perspective. It goes so fast. She bursts with delighted gigg...
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Sweet Awakenings: And I didn't even require a sedative.
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Saturday, August 21, 2010. And I didn't even require a sedative. I'll admit it. Fevers have always sent me into some level of panic. I've heard all of the biological facts a million times: a fever in itself is nothing to worry about.it just means the body is fighting off infection.no need to administer a fever-reducer unless your child is uncomfortable.kids can tolerate very high fevers without any danger. I know, I know. Massive. But instead? I wasn't completely without overreaction, of course. At o...
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Sweet Awakenings: "Maybe Sometime."
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007. My two-year-old is very into the art of sneaky manipulation these days. Cute and disturbing at the very same time. One of her favorite methods right now is to circumvent a "no" response from me by slipping a comment in that she hopes will leave the door open for the future. Sitting at the dinner table, Maya starts scraping the tongs of her fork on the table, all the while looking intently at me to catch my response.). Me: No, Maya. We don't scrape forks on the table. Maya: No, yes!
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Sweet Awakenings: Stepping Again
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010. Once upon a time I was a blogger. Not a great blogger or a frequent blogger. Not one with fancy graphics or an easy-to-navigate layout. But it was my little space on the internet; my safe-haven for feelings and thoughts that longed to escape the confines of my nearly-always-spinning mind. I wrote about things that made me laugh. And parenting moments etched on my heart for eternity. And my faith and my friends and the ridiculous adventures of finding particular pant styles.
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Sweet Awakenings: September 2010
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010. Some bits of completely riveting information. 1 So, I've switched practically my whole online life over to Google now. As a creature of habit, I was reeeally reluctant to make the change. It took days and days of baby steps, but finally one night last week I set up camp in my iGoogle profile, hoping for the best. And OH MY WORD. Why oh WHY did I not do this sooner? 2 You know what else I love? 3 Know what I don't love? You're going to speak that way to a woman? 5 And just fo...
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Sweet Awakenings: August 2008
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Saturday, August 2, 2008. I'm thinking relocation was a good decision for Grandma. At dinner last night, Maya asked us who makes water. Choosing the simple answer over the scientific, we told her that God makes water. The trail of resulting, unsatisfied questions finally led to an explanation, by Mark, of how there is lots and lots of water on the earth. He gave a very nice, detailed description of rivers, lakes, oceans, etc. Mommy, did you do that when you used to go to work for cats? Maya has a fiction...
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Sweet Awakenings: Pass by quickly and carefully on your way to The Gap.
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Sunday, June 8, 2008. Pass by quickly and carefully on your way to The Gap. I entered a Hollister clothing store. Oh, I've walked by them many a time. Averting my eyes so that the half-dressed teenage employees standing at the entrance with glassy-eyed expressions that prove their coolness will not have the opportunity to beckon me with their mumbled " welcometoHollistereverything's 20percentofftoday. Anyway, why did I go in? Look at Hollister.". Can we even do. As we approached the store, she gave me a ...
