The Reluctant Grownup – Page 82 – Growing old gracelessly.

3 Weeks Old

I’m sleepy because of you, my darling, so I’m not even going to attempt to be prosy or cutesy or structured. Stream of consciousness, here we go! Your birth story…

July 9, 2010

Categorizing Things is Overrated

Mistakes I Made in the Last 24 Hours

That second cookie at lunch. Blech. Forgetting my heartburn pill last night. What’s up, 3 am? Telling an employee that her new coworker was young enough to be her daughter. …

April 15, 2008

MILP Roundups

Mothers in the Legal Profession Roundup, # 286

The Attorney at Large declared Uncle – but before that, she was fighting battles on a number of grounds. No wonder she’s throwing up her hands! Alice has us all…

January 14, 2013

October

RG / October 5, 2014

11 years ago this month, I met my husband. (On that day, my friend’s first and only nephew was born – happy birthday Kevin!) We were at his parents’ home in South Carolina. …

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Saturday Morning Meal Planning

RG / October 4, 2014

There’s a bit of a chill in the air, which means one thing around this house: soup-making time! The baby is tooling around on the floor drooling on things, I’m googling Skylanders Swap…

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Breaking the Writer’s Block

RG / September 27, 2014

“You look tired” said the YMCA employee to me, as she passed me on her way up and down the locker room aisles with a broom and dustpan. I am running a comb…

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BIZZY

RG / September 12, 2014

I have literally three minutes here, so I default to my norm: cute kid stories. So boring 4U, so interesting 2ME! Liam moved his (my) ukulele the other day, and said loudly: I…

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Three Day Weekend

RG / August 31, 2014

My birthday tends to fall on Labor Day Weekend every year. (My younger sister’s lands on Memorial Day weekend -together, our birthdays bookend the summer). Back in the old school days, I was…

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