I don’t know why I’m always so surprised… because my mom has bought me 3 special “coming home from the hospital outfits” for each of my 3 boys.
And her tradition continues with Henry.
With 5 weeks and counting… I was greeted this morning with the first gift of his coming home outfit. Talk about getting [...]
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Posted in lessons, life, memories, mom on May 11, 2008 | 24 Comments »
I always knew that I had a special relationship with my mom.
But it took me awhile longer to realize that not every daughter had a mother like mine.
I guess, when I was younger, I thought that all mothers were just like mine.
I thought that all mothers woke their daughters each morning with a loving kiss [...]
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We took the boys to Philadelphia this weekend. William is obsessed with anything and everything Star Wars. My husband read online that the Franklin Institute was holding a Star Wars Exhibit through the first week of May, so we decided to make a weekend out of it.
Oh, yes. William. Alexander. [...]
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It’s interesting that Audrey, Jane and I never discuss our blog posts prior to posting them.
It’s not some Pinks & Blues policy…
I guess it’s just that we spend a great deal of time planning, organizing, researching, discussing, emailing, and meeting with so many people about our Pinks & Blues reviews, giveaways and features that, [...]
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Yesterday I had to go back to that awful place.
Well, I guess it’s unfair to call the place itself awful… it’s just the things that have happened in my life around that place have been.
Let me take a step back.
In January 2001 I was at the movie theater with my then-boyfriend (not my now-husband, thank [...]
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First, let me say that I have been so incredibly blown away by the supportive comments and emails I’ve received since posting about my goal of getting off Zoloft.
And I have also been so truly inspired by the stories of those of you who have had similar experiences with anxiety and/or depression. It’s [...]
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Exposed baby bumps.
Ah, the subject of such discourse.
And the “love it” or “hate it” mantra.
I will never forget the first time I saw the exposed baby bump of a total stranger.
This was way back in the summer of 1980 when I was six months pregnant with Jane (I know that mamas-to-be now talk [...]
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Didn’t you just love those photo booths that used to be in, like, every mall and movie theater!? We sure did. Here are the outcomes of three of those photo booth trips. I think these were all taken in either 1991 or 1992.
The first one is me (Jane), Audrey and Dad; the second is [...]
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Oh, what’s this? A cute picture of me (Jane) in 1993, at my 13th birthday party, posing with my oldest brother Keith (right) and his friend Steve (left). Keith and Steve had stopped by my party to say hello… they were on their way to a college party.
Of course, those of you who are familiar [...]
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Posted in life, memories, pictures on February 6, 2008 | 11 Comments »
A while back, I wrote a post about my strong attachment to my childhood home.
It was the only home I knew from the time I was born until just after I graduated from high school. I loved that house. I learned in that house. My husband proposed to me in that house (you’ll have to [...]
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