May 27, 2009

my best buddy

Back when maybe eight or so people read this blog, I spoke more freely of my older son’s issues. Issues? No idea what that even means. His squeezing. His obsessions. His quirkiness. His differences.

Now I hesitate.

Last year–after his pediatrician became alarmed over his squeezing compulsion–we were turned away from Early Interventions, from [...]

May 26, 2009

they say I look like her

Yesterday, at a family cookout, I stepped away to nurse the baby on my aunt’s waterbed. I listened to the sound of high school seniors giggling over their yearbooks. To my older son babbling quietly to my mother about his race cars. Unable to make out the words, I listened to the deep, rumbling [...]

May 25, 2009

weekly winners – may 17 – may 23

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“The letter V!!!”

MJ watches TV for the first time. They’re watching Blues Clues.

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