The Latest Wrench.

April 19, 2012

The other day, I was feeling pretty awesome about my life as a working mom. Three years in, I finally have some semblance of a routine down. I’ve even almost figured out how to balance work, freelance gigs, and my family and still have room for a life. So of course the universe has to [...]

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Mostly Wordless Wednesday: The Three Year Photo Shoot.

April 18, 2012
Tori kneels with tulips.

Every year on my daughter’s birthday (at least for the three she’s had so far), I make a point of dressing her up in cute clothes, plunking her somewhere somewhat photogenic and doing my best to get some good pictures of her. On her first birthday, that was a pretty easy task. After all, she [...]

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The Myth of the Grown Up

April 12, 2012

“Mommy, I want to be just like you when I growed up. Can I be big like you?” “Well, someday you’ll be big,” I answer. “You’ll be all grown up and instead of going to school, you’ll go to work, just like mommy.” “I want to be big now! Can I grow up now, Mommy?” [...]

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Sometimes, Writing is Living.

April 10, 2012
Tori smiles

If you’re a writer, you can’t stop writing. You just can’t. If you do, the words build up inside like some kind of mental log jam. You get a little cranky. A little jittery. Sentences bounce around in your skull. Word pictures bloom unexpectedly. And it all becomes a chaotic mess that you can’t quite [...]

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She is Three.

April 3, 2012
me and tori in the hospital

“Mommy,” a little voice called. “Mommy, I had a good dream.” “You did? Well come on up with mommy and see if you can dream some more,” I replied, reaching through the dark to lift her up  into bed beside me. Within minutes, she was asleep, hand fisted in my hair. But I lay awake, [...]

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The Tale of the Pink Cupcake.

April 1, 2012
Pink or white, cupcakes are all tasty

Once upon a time, there was a little girl who wanted a cupcake. A lemon cupcake, with yellow and pink frosting on top. She wanted it with all her heart…until she saw the brownies. Then she wanted a brownie and a cupcake, and when she couldn’t have both, she threw herself on the floor, screaming, [...]

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