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Welcome May (but really we are two weeks in...)

I started this post exactly two weeks ago, with a mere title. The last few weeks have
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Welcome May (but really we are two weeks in...)

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See ya April - Don't Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out.

Actually, I hope it slams you in your miserable ass. I turned 41 in April. We had
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See ya April - Don't Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out.

Alix in her garden on our farm. She loves to plant and grow edible flowers.
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Happy Almost May

Before you start to type in a post on Wordpress, there is a blinking "What is on
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Happy Almost May

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As the World Burns

I made it a personal vow to keep away from the news for the last two months.
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As the World Burns

Happy November

Cue Barry Manilow’s “When October Goes”. Just like that, autumn days are waning as the rest of the leaves change and snow looms in the forecast. We’ve spent our September and October days like never before – enjoying our son. Scott and I always wonder how we managed to do it all

The Arrival of Roux: Part Two

English teachers love a good cliffhanger. Actually, I think most people do. A cliffhanger fails when the outcome is already known – yes, I’m alive! Roux is thriving! Our emergency room visit becomes a mere plot twist in our original discharge from the hospital. However if you’re still curious how our first

The Arrival of Roux: Part One

I’ll start this by saying that no woman knows what to expect despite the abundance of literature published on the topic of labor and delivery. It is truly the great unknown. Every experience is different and no matter how many friends and relatives share their personal experience, you are incredibly naive to

Welcome, Roux Honor

Our world was changed forever one month ago. Roux Honor made his entrance into our lives on June 11th, 2021 at 7:23 in the morning, weighing a healthy 9 lbs 2 oz and a very tall 22 inches long. It’s my lot in life to be surrounded by tall, dark, handsome men

On Naming our Son

Perhaps the most pressure we have endured throughout this entire pregnancy is the NAME GAME. And for the record, we actually have decided on a name – the last name… Everyone wants to know his name. Everyone has ideas, opinions, judgements. But few people have inquired about the last name of our

Thinking of you, DC

DC. It’s like an ex-lover, that city. The one that your mind wanders to in moments of nostalgia or a little bit of weakness. Recalling fond memories, nights of passion, the ache of something so good it’s hard to believe it’s gone. But DC is not gone for us; we did not