The Reluctant Grownup – Page 146 – Growing old gracelessly.

Peaceful Easy Feeling

Another workday home with a feverish kid. One of the toughest things about being in a two-working parent household is convincing folks that kids actually do get sick this much. Yes,…

April 1, 2016

Categorizing Things is Overrated

Birth Story – The Gory Details Part One

On Wednesday, April 23rd, I went to an appointment, and my dilation was measured – a loose 1 cm. I was pretty excited by that news – things were coming…

September 16, 2008

Categorizing Things is Overrated

Addendum

I think the wee imp is doing calisthenics today. Or, possibly, he has been replaced by a school of large, frantically swimming fish. Who aren’t synchronized. I had some Hershey’s toffee…

December 12, 2007

An Echo of Boy

RG / June 18, 2011

There is a half empty juice box in my hotel room fridge. As I pour a glass of wine for myself in a plastic tumbler, I’m standing eye to “eye” with a Tupperware…

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This Post is Three Days Late

RG / June 18, 2011

He turned one. It was terribly sad. Until it wasn’t. We had a few gifts, a few party hats, a few cupcakes. I had bought Liam three small gifts from a trip to…

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Wiggin’

RG / June 9, 2011

Just this second, I’m feeling overwhelmed and out of control. Oddly, it has nothing to do with the job, which continues to click along at a breakneck pace, taking up virtually all of…

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RG / June 8, 2011

I am home for the weekend. I have been living every second with the boys. Liam doesn’t sleep well. I am tired. Liam goes down for a nap. Jack is still awake, playing…

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My Baby, My Boy

RG / June 1, 2011

In fourteen days, my baby will be one year old. People are asking me the plan for the first birthday. I’m working 12,13,14 hour days, his father is working endless days, we are…

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