After an amazing weekend spent celebrating my hubby’s 31st birthday at the Prestige Suite at the Sofitel, we were ripped back to the real world when the alarm clock went off at 6:30. Alex, quite diplomatically, kept pushing snooze, until I forced my eyes open, cursed our upstairs neighbor for keeping us up yet again, … Continue reading
It’s that time – registry time. I will be 5 1/2 months pregnant on Monday, and Sophie has an empty nursery. Every time I walk into the slate blue/gray room, with the 12 foot ceilings and large window, I am calm. I open her closet and see the few onesies hanging there – gifts from … Continue reading
January 12, 2012 Dear Sophie, I met you today, as a wand with warm goo brought you into my sight… and you were easily the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen. Your little face with the tipped up nose and tiny lips. You, with your fisted hands and strong legs, and the brilliant fish scalelike … Continue reading
As I was sitting at my perch today, pecking away at keys and forcing myself not to get on Facebook or check email but to finish my articles and work on some fiction, I was hit with some “truths” about pregnancy. Truths that no one necessarily tells you, and truths that no one really discusses … Continue reading
Today marks a new beginning. We can argue that everyday we have new beginnings. We wake up, the slate is wiped clean, and we choose our paths. Go to work or rebel. Follow the list or chuck it. Finally take that vacation or keep dreaming for years on end. This beginning is a bit more … Continue reading
