The Reluctant Grownup – Page 165 – Growing old gracelessly.

H is for Hibernate

A is for Awful. B is for Blech. C is for Cold. D is for Dismal. E is for . . . you get the point. It’s been sleeting all…

February 15, 2021

Categorizing Things is Overrated

Guest Post

The below is a guest post by a . . . TOTAL . . . STRANGER . . . BWAA HAA HAAAAAA. As part of Blog Share 2009, we each…

November 5, 2009

Carolina, Drama Queen

A Cleansing (Ghostly) Breath

I’m feeling much better now. Some days, life seems to spin out of control and you feel like your myriad responsibilities are un-complete-able, you aren’t getting enough sleep, you haven’t…

October 13, 2006

A Much Needed Date

RG / July 24, 2010

I had a date last night with my favorite guy. We pulled into City Park, and called our friends who didn’t answer. I left a message. “We’re here, we’ll just drive around…

read more
5 weeks

RG / July 22, 2010

Your eyelashes have grown in much thicker, cutie, and you really are starting to grow into your own person instead of generic newborn. You have recently started smiling at us, and it kills…

read more
Talking at last!

RG / July 22, 2010

Paradoxically, as your development speeds up and you get more interesting, I am writing less and less about it. But here goes. Liam was born recently, and you were kind of a terror…

read more
Twenty Five

RG / July 22, 2010

This is the number of pounds I have to lose to get to my pre-baby weight. SUCK. I gained the same amount with each boy, but with Jack I had way less to…

read more
He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother

RG / July 20, 2010

Jack asked to hold the baby today. And then my heart exploded. He did really well. God knows why he wanted to do it suddenly today, but he kept insisting “Hold baby, hold…

read more