I’m almost 30 years old and have no idea how to cope with death. But I need to figure out how to deal with it. Like… now. This is my aunt Annie and she is dying of cancer. She’s in her final days, maybe even final hours. Knowing that I’ll never see her warm smile […]
Family
Birthday girl
I just realized that with all the BlogHer fuss last week, I forgot to post photos of my baby’s birthday! She turned two a week ago today. It’s sort of shocking how time just flies by. It feels like just last week that I wrote about her turning 9 months old and then a year […]
The day the music died…
Last Saturday, Independence Day, something I was very dependent on was abruptly taken away from me. My iPod touch. Sometime that afternoon, while waiting for the daytime fireworks to start at Mount Vernon, one of my girls threw an open bottle of water in my bag. Upside down. One of those mini 12-oz bottles with […]
Family portrait?
Almost forgot it’s Wednesday! Here’s my attempt at taking a photo of myself and the girls. As you can see it didn’t work out so well…
It’s my birthday! And I’ll give away stuff if I want to
Yep. Usually I’m not really into celebrating, but there’s something different about this year. Maybe it’s because it’s the last year that I can say I’m ’20-something’… or maybe I’m just in a good place right now. Whatever it is, I’m actually happy that it’s my birthday for once! And I’ve had a great day […]
Yes, more flowers
I looked out my window this morning and saw this: And I was devastated. Okay, maybe “devastated” is exaggerating a bit, but I was disappointed. I look forward to this rosebush blooming all year. It always happens right around my birthday… end of May/beginning of June. For a week, sometimes more, I get the pleasure […]
