The Reluctant Grownup – Page 70 – Growing old gracelessly.

Handsome!

You are so wonderful right now. You love your little brother. You’re very good about playing alone. You love to read.

September 11, 2010

Belated Puerto Rico Update!

I had a business trip to Puerto Rico for a week in March, and my sister came along. Our hotel, the El San Juan, was right on the beach. Really…

April 14, 2019

Pregnancy Sucks, Dude, Tex

ALL CAPS

Contractions. Contractions for days. Most constitute a mild cramp – just painful enough to be irritating and keep me from sleeping well (e.g. it is 4am right now) – but…

January 11, 2014

September Eleven

RG / September 11, 2015

For my nine eleven remembrance on the ten year anniversary, click here. Today, for just a few minutes after lunch, I’ve been listening to a few StoryCorps stories on 9/11. The StoryCorps team…

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Labor Day Monday Meal Re-planning

RG / September 7, 2015

A new grocery store has popped up across the street from our ‘local,’ and as a result the ‘local’ has had some crazy deals on the last few weekends. I re-jiggered the weekly…

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Saturday Afternoon Meal Planning

RG / September 5, 2015

A quiet afternoon. The tornado toddler is napping, and after a morning of play and swimming and activity, the big boys are watching some tv. It’s stormy outside, and the dog is quivering…

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Did I Mention This Thing That Happens EVERY TIME?

RG / September 3, 2015

So, I went away for the weekend to attend my sister’s baby shower, and the night I returned, Jack threw up and Liam had a croup/breathing scare/emergency that prompted a midnight 911 call*. …

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Bellissima

RG / August 23, 2015

I’ve dreamed all week of my old cat, Bella. Ten years ago my sister-in-law and I decided to each take a kitten from a litter that had been born near where SIL lived. …

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