Category Archives: loved ones

A Portland Thanksgiving

Tim, Clara, and I drove to Portland for the long weekend to spend Thanksgiving with our good friends who live there. It was a wonderfully low-key holiday filled with laughter, amazing food, card games, relaxation, and so much pie. It … Continue reading

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Clara’s Daddy

Every year Fathers Day arrives with mixed emotions for me. My dad and I haven’t spoken in a long time and even when we were speaking, we didn’t have the type of relationship that I wanted to spend an entire day … Continue reading

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I’m sure they meant to say the right thing, but they failed.

Conversation #1 Me: Ughhhh this pre-baby body is so different. I’ve completely lost my butt. What I wanted Tim to say: You look great, babe! You’ve never looked better. In fact, you look perfect! But maybe you should buy new clothes … Continue reading

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Clara update (at 8.5 months).

I realize I haven’t written a post about Clara in a while. I talk about motherhood and what I’m learning, and I include her in my Friday posts (usually), but I realize I haven’t talked about her specifically in a while. … Continue reading

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We’re back to our regularly scheduled program.

Nothing makes me appreciate my ‘normal’ life quite like having it stripped away from me for 10 days. This week has absolutely flown by. It was nothing ‘special’, but it was perfectly normal. Tim came back late last weekend and … Continue reading

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