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 [...]

April 20, 2009

the tide

It’s five o’clock, and the heat of the day is only beginning to settle into the lazy shade of evening. Standing below a huge palm, I cradle my son against my chest. He’s wrapped tight in pink cotton, safe from the sun and the brisk bay breeze. I take another step forward, almost to [...]

March 6, 2009

beef o’ baby

When did this?

Become this?

He is 15 weeks and 17 pounds. In fact, he is now so heavy that my arms are too tired to help me write a real blog post. Copyright 2009 http://www.mommymelee.com If you are reading this somewhere else, chances are some douchenozzle has scraped my [...]