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Category Archives: We Are Family
All Creatures Great and Small
We just wrapped up a couple of fun, family-filled days in the Windy City. It was our Last Blast of Summer — a little mini get-away before the kids begin the 2014/15 school year. We loaded up the Navigator — … Continue reading
From the NICU to the Open Road #TBT
Gus is getting his driver’s permit in two days. His annual NICU reunion takes place in seven more. Six days after that, he’ll be a high school sophomore. Today’s Throwback Thursday post goes all the way back to his fragile … Continue reading
Posted in Big Thinks, My Kids, We Are Family
Tagged "Table for Six, #TBT, breastfeeding, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, c-section, drivers permit, edema, Henry David Thoreau, high school sophomore, NICU, pseudomonas pneumonia, pulmonary interstitial emphysema, pumping breast milk, St. Vincent's NICU, The Things We've Handed Down, Throwback Thursday, vecuronium, versed, what matters
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Say Uncle
Last week, I received a sweet email from a former colleague of mine. She and I met when I made my reluctant re-entry into the full-time work force just shy of a decade ago. I was the ketchup-splattered, sleep-deprived mother … Continue reading
Posted in Man Of My Dreams, We Are Family
Tagged "Table for Six, #TBT, balancing work and home, Corporate America, going back to work, hormones, lactation, Lean In, locking my keys in the car, lottery tickets, Lucille Ball, Marathon station, peppermint mocha, reentering the work force, Starbucks, Throwback Thursday, whitepaper
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Their Father
I was born to a father who chose not to stay, his departure the resounding chorus of my young life… Why not? Why? The lesson I learned from him was this: we can’t wish someone into being who we need … Continue reading
Posted in Man Of My Dreams, My Kids, We Are Family
Tagged a traditional family, Fathers Day 2014, Helen Reddy, Mothers Day, worth the wait, You and Me
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What I Did On My Summer Vacation
Do kids still write back-to-school essays about their summer adventures? If so, this is what mine will say in August: Nothing. It won’t be entirely true. We’ll do Some Things. We’ll sit by the pool and paddle-boat on the lake. … Continue reading
Every Day Is Mothers Day
I woke up this morning with a sore throat and a stuffy nose. Lucy was whining and licking my hand, wanting to be let outside. Once there, she snapped at carpenter bees until she wore herself out and cried to … Continue reading
Posted in My Kids, We Are Family
Tagged AP Calculus, AP Chemistry, kids growing up, laundry, Mothers Day, Prom, teenage angst, Teenagers, Where the Red Fern Grows
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