Browsing archives for July, 2009

Days Away

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 [...]

Portland’s a Party, and you were NOT invited!

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 [...]

How Strange…

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 [...]

For John

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 [...]

The Fidelity of Betrayal

Current Reading 13 July 2009 | 0 Comments