The Reluctant Grownup – Page 167 – Growing old gracelessly.

Happy Birthday, Shakespeare

I had hoped Jack might share a birthday with old Will Shakespeare, but unless something starts happening soon, well, it’s unlikely. Labor takes a long time, and there are only…

April 23, 2008

Wonder Women Posts

American Beauty

“There’s nothing worse than being ordinary,” says Mena Suvari’s character in the movie American Beauty. This is a shameful fear of mine, but one I can’t deny. I’m afraid of…

August 16, 2007

Carolina, Jack, Liam, New Orleans, Parents and Siblings and Cousins, Oh My!, This One Time I Broke My Back

Expletive Deleted, As This Is A Family Blog

Dear Tropical Storm Lee, I hate you. Signed, Me ******************************************************* I was supposed to fly to NC today, to join my sisters and mother on a fun jaunt in Brevard.…

September 3, 2011

Snap

RG / July 6, 2010

And just like that, as of about halfway through the day on the Fourth, I’ve snapped out of it. Still a little bored, still a little listless, but the depression has lifted. Weird,…

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The Fourth of July

RG / July 4, 2010

Right now, Jack is sleeping soundly in his room. Liam is hiccuping and flailing in my mother’s arms, as she rocks him in the glider in the corner. The cat is hovering over…

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Joy Comes in the Morning

RG / June 29, 2010

There is a Bible verse I used to love back in the days when I was an evangelical, and though my ardor for daily Bible reading (i.e. self-flagellation and guilt over my not…

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Bundle of Blues

RG / June 26, 2010

We have a lovely apartment, and I’ll be happy to get the hell out of it for more than 20 minutes. Which will happen at some point in the future. I know it…

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Moot Court and Potties and Journals, Oh My

RG / June 24, 2010

I can officially make the following comments: The newborn stuff is SOOOO much easier the second time around. I have almost no anxiety this time, I am managing his feeding better, and I…

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