Sourpuss – 5:00 Fridays

September 9, 2011

I’ve been down lately. Not quite fragile but definitely not myself. A friend even noticed at the gym that I looked sad. It’s hard to hide true feelings without the veil of Bobbi Brown concealer and mascara. The fact that the toning class instructor had just made me do 1000 leg lifts didn’t help. There [...]

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This, I Believe

September 8, 2011

I might be small in stature, but I have no shortage of opinions. There’s always one cause or another that’s got me fired up.   I believe… cooking with kids is the stuff memories are made of. beds are meant to be made. electronics have no place at the dinner table, at home or in [...]

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On the Ledge – Wordless Wednesday

September 7, 2011

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Adieu Summer – 5:00 Fridays

September 2, 2011

I scaled back my work a few years ago to be home with Bird and Deal until they started school. Those first few summers without preschool left me in tears more often than not. Poor Mac Daddy came home to a hot mess of a wife despite my attempts to present myself as a hot [...]

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A Fund for Jennie

September 1, 2011

My friend Jennie is fierce. She is fiercely loyal, confident, and passionate. She has fierce convictions and a fierce attitude. She has a fierce love for her family, and her love for her husband is palpable in the way she talks about him and in the way she writes about her grief in losing him. [...]

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In My Son’s Eyes

August 31, 2011

It seems cliche to say we see things differently when we have children. It’s almost pathetically trite to say we “notice the little things” or realize we must “stop and smell the roses.” Oh, parenting is chock full of cliches. I do see the world differently now that I’m a mother, for better or for [...]

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Self Portraits – Wordless Wednesday

August 31, 2011

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Bird Turns 8

August 29, 2011

Free digital slideshow customized with Smilebox I blinked. And then he was eight. Eight years ago today I was being poked by a gruff anesthesiologist with the thickest Southern accent I had ever heard. His bedside manner was atrocious, and what he lacked in charm he made up for in efficiency. From the time of [...]

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Hurricane – 5:00 Fridays

August 26, 2011

Irene is wreaking havoc on the whole East coast this weekend. It’s a shame because Irene seems like the kind of woman who knits and subscribes to Readers Digest. I pegged her for a cardigan wearing gal who always has mints in her purse and spoons out sugar cubes from a proper sugar bowl. I [...]

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Last (Lazy) Days of Summer

August 22, 2011

Summer is winding down. The lazy days shall soon part to make way for schedules and homework and piano lessons. The frequently flexible bedtimes will be but a distant memory as 8:00 will be lights out again soon. Backpacks will be full of papers to sign and forms to complete. Oh, the deluge of paper [...]

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