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She started out like this.
As my doula pointed out, she joined us peacefully and without hesitation. I will never forget the power behind her birth, nor the intensity of the pain, nor the completeness and immediacy of my love for her. The doctor handed her over and I thought, [...]
My sweet baby girl is almost 2. In the past few months, a lot has changed. She’s talking in full sentences and asking for what she wants (usually with “I need” rather than “I want”). Her strong will has developed into an iron one and so we have no shortage of [...]
Every Wednesday I share another’s words of wisdom, and I explore how I can apply this wisdom to my own life. Please join in the conversation and share your thoughts in the comments section. Because if you’re anything like me, you have a lot to learn in this life.
This is the 300th post at lucille in the sky. Congratulations to me!
The day was a rainy one, as they usually are. We were huddled in C’s cozy apartment, which was so warm it was like an invisible bonfire burned in the middle of [...]
Halloween is long gone, the candy witch has come to collect her tax, and I have yet to share our costumes. We generally buy them used, which is good because we also like to change our minds.
At first, they were happy as a one-eyed monster and a bumble bee.
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Besides dressing up, my favorite part about Halloween is the pumpkins. Pumpkin soup. Pumpkin bread. Pumpkin ravioli. Pumpkin ice cream. Pumpkin Pie. Pumpkin patches.
We went to the pumpkin patch the other day, at Jubilee Farm. The same one we went to two years ago, when I was [...]
Some kids carry around stuffed animals. Giovanna, who is now 3 months from her second birthday, carries around…articles of clothing. They turn up all over the house. My sparkly shirts. Daddy’s striped socks. Gigi’s pants and tutus. To get dressed, she carefully grabs her right foot with her left arm and [...]
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery [...]
I went to the Pacific Northwest Blogger’s Meetup last weekend. I got all dressed up on a Saturday night in a pretty pink skirt and opaque tights and left my husband at home with Giovanna and Emile.
While I should have been experiencing elation at the prospect of networking and being [...]
Watching my children observe the animals at the zoo, awestruck by a slithering snake and wrestling bears and an orangutang playing peekaboo, I begin to ponder the miracle of life. A kangaroo hops across the grass and an elephant swings his trunk and the humans wander aimlessly around the zoo, pointing [...]
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