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When I was in college, I managed a small independent children’s bookstore. From storytime under the big in-store elm tree to choosing from the myriad books, puzzles and realistic animal and bug puppets, children entering our shop were [...]
Can hardly sit still and don’t really know why that is, thoughts moving through my mind faster than I can make them into words for you here, I’m trying to figure out why that is but as soon as I think I have the answer I forget what I was trying to think of, isn’t it [...]
I was thinking recently about how, despite a comfortable home and all its stuff, there are just a few things inside it that actually have a deep, sentimental, in-the-gut connection for me. Things not necessarily of great financial value, but of utmost import personally and emotionally. Some bring me great happiness; others are bittersweet. Thought I’d share some of them [...]
This week is book-ended by Maeve’s birthmother’s birthday and Mother’s Day. Like last year, we sent her a little parcel, which includes a birthday gift and card, the usual letter and photo update, and a Mother’s Day card, complete with Maeve’s crayon-ing contribution.
Then, of course, there’s Birthmother’s Day, which is Saturday, May 12. (Not ever printed [...]
On Loving A Seven-Month-Old Maeve
(Written one year ago in my journal)
Because her big toothless smile greets me each morning.
Because when I least expect it, her hair springs a subtle surprise curl.
Because she places her little paws on my cheeks and watches me, face-to-face.
Because she can wear a pink beret like no one else I know.
Because her [...]
The bad news?
My day began bright and early, in a dentist chair, white knuckles gripping plastic-clad armrests, while sounds of drilling reverberating relentlessly inside my head. An hour and a half later, I left the dental office with a small envelope of gargantuan pills to ease the arrival of forecasted pain and discomfort.
I arrived at my [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day!
2007
For your sake, I won’t go into all the grueling details about how long it took to get this photo or how I’d hoped this photo would actually turn out. Suffice it to say, as much as I’ve learned as a parent thus far, I have more to learn. And I must admit, [...]
Love is your birth mother playing with you in the park.
June 2006
Happy Love Thursday, everyone!
May your day include all sorts of playful and unexpected love.
For more posts of love on this Love Thursday,
visit Love Is All Around and Love Thursday: Love is All Around Us.
Meeting Maeve: Her ‘Wave’ Hello
In one phone call a year and a half ago this week, I became a mom. And almost exactly 24 hours after receiving The Call that would forever change my life, I met my daughter.
My husband and I watched her get wheeled into the hospital nursery where we sat with anticipation. She had [...]
Maeve, December 2006
Having dug out from piles of ribbons, wrapping paper and leftovers, I’ve had the opportunity the last few days off from work to sit back and watch Maeve. Really watch her. The kind of watching that brings you somewhere else, where you revisit dreams and hopes and fears, and think of how you [...]
