Family, Random Thoughts
30 July 2009 | 0 Comments
Baby number two is days away.
Days away.
Here are some of my expectations:
There will, once again, be long nights
Amalea will get jealous, at some point, of her baby sister
I will have ZERO free time
My heart will grow 3 times in size
There will be lot’s of crying (baby crying, momma crying, ami crying – maybe [...]
Random Thoughts
29 July 2009 | 0 Comments
Could this be the hottest I have ever been?
No. I grew up in Southern California, where it would be 100 degrees on Christmas all the time. And I grew up without air conditioning because my parents were too cheap to keep us cool (which, to this day I still don’t get – so you saved [...]
Family, Life, Parenting
21 July 2009 | 1 Comment
Being a parent is the strangest thing in the world.
It is also the most normal and elemental thing us humans (and the animals) do. If you are reading this, you have parents. Every human on this planet has parents.
Some are good. Some are bad. Some are horrible.
Some are alive. Some are dead.
Some live nearby. Some [...]
Family, Life, Poetry
13 July 2009 | 1 Comment
In the darkness your body lay motionless
the subtle blinking of lights illuminates your fragile frame
the blanket slowly rises and falls
the tubes drip, the machines beep
and your soul lies silent in unfortunate surrender
If you dream, you dream of life
For it is always when we have not
That we want most intensely to have
How badly you must want [...]
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