The Reluctant Grownup – Page 106 – Growing old gracelessly.

Categorizing Things is Overrated, Holidays and Celebrations, Jack

Dolphin Party

My Baby J turned five whole years old a week ago Thursday. I started writing this post on the Friday after, but a tummy bug struck our house and I…

May 5, 2013

Categorizing Things is Overrated

A Walk Through Our House

A happy chaos. In the kitchen, a bottle drying rack, on which is drying a manual breast pump and extra bottles. Gifts of cakes and cookies on the counter,…

May 1, 2008

Like a Horse and Carriage

The Next Step in our Relationship

So the ring is on the finger, the date is set, we’ve bought favors and made plans. We’ve started combining finances, I’ve practiced my new signature, I’ve already started referring…

August 6, 2006

Busy, Happy, Holidays

RG / December 26, 2012

We had a pretty darn magical December around here, I have to say. Two and Four are good ages for Christmas magic, and their father and I squeezed in every little bit of…

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Christmas Table

RG / December 23, 2012

This Christmas, we will be in our own home and without visitors. I have mixed feelings about this – the lack of travel absolutely thrills me, and I love the idea of traditions…

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Extracting Light

RG / December 17, 2012

I am struggling a little bit, just a little bit. A couple of tears slipped down my cheek when our church children’s choir sang Away in a Manger at our Lessons and Carols…

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RG / December 15, 2012

I had a reaction to yesterday, put it up, deleted it. It was helpful, at the time, for me. But instead of a screed on gun violence, I think I’d rather put these…

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Hearts and Prayers

RG / December 14, 2012

Ya’ll, I have done not a lick of work today – besides preparing a filing that must go out, which is the only reason I’m still here and not swooping in to pick…

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