The Reluctant Grownup – Page 45 – Growing old gracelessly.

My Boys

The oldest boy in my life is six months old today. As a birthday present, he got a trip to the vet to have his baby-making abilities cut off before we…

December 18, 2007

Tex

Ten Eight Fifteen

The boys received a fun Halloween box from my sister yesterday. The big boys opened it up and dumped everything out to paw through it. Halloween fruit snacks, erasers, socks,…

October 8, 2015

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

Summer 2017

RG / June 3, 2017

The boys just had their last day of school. They had a little graduation that neither of us went to, and Jack was pretty peeved about that, but too bad. I’ll go when…

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Back Home

RG / May 13, 2017

We have fewer airline troubles coming home (I don’t think I wrote about how we had to board our flight to T&C three times – same plane – had to disembark and re-board…

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Last Full Morning

RG / May 13, 2017

Hot, bitter coffee, espresso. I finish The Secret Chord this morning, on the settee on the porch. I feel rinsed, wrung. I have to be dragged back here, to this tropical island,…

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Second Full Day

RG / May 7, 2017

It is our third night – the evening of our second full day here. Last night we shared one starter (pork and shrimp Asian dumplings – four of them, really good), one main…

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Evening – Recounting the First Full Day

RG / May 6, 2017

I feel nourished by the food here. This morning I have granola and soy milk, with fresh berries on top. A berry smoothie, in a small glass bottle with a rubber stopper, lined…

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