The Reluctant Grownup – Page 172 – Growing old gracelessly.

Alabama, Holidays and Celebrations, New Orleans, Tex

Mardi Blahs

My facebook feed is equally full of (1) pictures of Mardi Gras revels, and (2) the woeful sorrow of my former law classmates who left New Orleans and wish they…

March 4, 2014

Alabama, Holidays and Celebrations, Jack, Liam

Sunset in Fairhope

There is going to be a picnic in the park, we’re told. Blankets spread out on the grassy bluff overlooking the bay, the Baldwin County Pops, plenty of kids. After…

May 29, 2013

Like a Horse and Carriage, The Canine

The Puppy Place

The puppy place was at the end of a long gravel drive in the middle of North Carolina farm country. The roads were unmarked, so we ended up at the…

July 23, 2007

A Mother’s Rosary

RG / April 30, 2010

I am sitting on the front porch with my laptop, running through my outline, preparing. The door opens and Jack marches out, followed by his morning nanny. He is wearing a green and…

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31 weeks

RG / April 28, 2010

I was attending a class on water birth today, and you spent the entire time shaking my belly. The teacher could see from across the table. I left the room and said –…

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Two!

RG / April 28, 2010

Your second birthday was pretty low key, but I loved the aquarium cake I made for you. You didn’t – it made you a little scared for some odd reason! But you got…

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Two Boys

RG / April 27, 2010

At the end of I See You Everywhere, a * novel by Julia Glass, a pair of teen boys gallops through her final chapter. Their names are Luke and Max. They make their…

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Happy Birthday

RG / April 25, 2010

My brother, who turns 23 today, sent me a text this morning asking “Hey. Are you in labor?” It was almost two years to the minute from the day I called him,…

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