Birth Terminology
A couple of recent discussions on Facebook and a yahoo group have got me thinking about birth terminology. Namely, the words "delivery" and "vagina." There's a lot of desire to avoid these words within...
View ArticleBody
Last night, I went swimsuit shopping. It's a story for another time, but in short, my clothes don't fit me anymore because I gained 10 pounds during a two week course of prednisone that I needed for an...
View ArticleBoy parts
D, during his required post-bath towel cuddle:"Mommy, this is my penis."Me: "Yes it is."D: "And where is my scrotum?"Me: "Right there."D: "What is my scrotum?"Me: "That's it."D: "No, WHAT IS IT???...
View ArticleCrossroads
The past several months, I've focused on living in the moment with my kids, but I've also been looking back at the past several years to try to glean the life lessons I learned. In the past few weeks,...
View ArticleEliana on her birth day
Some memories of my babygirl on her birth day nine years ago:She pushed her own way out of me, and cried when only her head was born. I have a visual of her feet pressing a strange lump out of my...
View ArticleMy family, in a nutshell
Me: "How much do you love me?" Eliana: "Infinity times infinity."Kesenia: "A thousand chocolate much."Donovan: "Peanut butter and jelly!"My husband: "Thirty-five qualsarcs."
View ArticleRosh Hashanah
When I first became Jewish, Passover was my favorite holiday, probably because the seder reminded me of Thanksgiving, and I liked spending time with family. Since having kids, especially Donovan, my...
View ArticleTyping
I am teaching Eliana how to properly type. Today, she wanted to watch me type, to see how I keep my hands centered and move my fingers. I stopped talking, and while she talked to me, I typed back....
View ArticleCareer developments
There are a couple of major developments on my career path! One, I'm starting up my own business as a licensed midwife providing prenatal and postpartum supplemental care to women planning hospital...
View ArticleGems 2009
My mom doesn't seem to think Facebook is a good enough permanent record of how awesome my kids are. She's probably right; it's much easier to go back through my blog, and I can archive it on my...
View ArticleBirth and the ocean
I wrote the following today in response to a FB comment in which a woman said how much she dislikes the adage "Trust birth." (I generally agree with her, though I understand the impetus to remove some...
View ArticleGems 2010
JanuaryAfter a new year's kiss from both her mom and dad, and a swig of Martinelli's post-clink in a real wine glass, Kes looked up at me and said, (wait for it...) "Where's the toast?"Donovan:...
View ArticleMiracles
Donovan came downstairs an hour ago, after a few hours of sleep and right at my bedtime. He almost instantaneously fell back asleep in my lap, and I haven't managed to get up and put him back to bed...
View ArticleRamblings on college
First day at community college today! I'm enrolled in Nutrition and Spanish. Nutrition is one of the prerequisites for all the nursing programs I'm interested in, and Spanish is for fun. Well, I...
View ArticleGems 2011
And the slog through the old Facebook posts continues...JanuaryStoked and motivated to work my tail off for the next 6 months!!! which is a good thing, cuz I'm gonna hafta.I did not expect for tears to...
View Article12 hours of motherhood
Interrupted sleep on a small boy's bed. Coughs, sneezes, and snot in my face. A sad boy crying for me. Cuddles and a movie. "I love you, Mommy," countless times.I wouldn't trade it.
View ArticleSchool update, already.
Nutrition is a good class. I'm learning despite having studied it before. I'm looking forward to getting to some more challenging work, though. Chem should give me a run for my money when it comes...
View ArticleLoss and learning
I dreamt that I was playing the violin. I was soft, my movements flowed, and my violin and bow felt completely natural in my arms. The music sounded as beautiful as I ever had the skill to create it....
View ArticleRandom updates and thoughts
Why I haven't blogged in six weeks, short version: pneumonia and a wisdom tooth extraction. The bombing in Boston: one person (possibly a couple) did harm. Countless people ran toward potential...
View ArticleLM/CNM considerations, Part 1
Part 1: Being on-call and the age of the childrenIn the early days of being a 24/7 professional, and even before then, I made an assumption that as the children aged, being on call would get easier....
View ArticleDisneyland trip, 3 quotes
Kesenia, shrieking on the first drop of a roller-coaster: "I'm going to regret this!"Donovan, in line: "Mommy, can you pick me up?"Me: "Not again yet, honey. Ask Daddy."Donovan: "Daddy, can Mommy...
View ArticleGenetics, environment, and cancer
A friend of mine just posted this blog post by Dr. Jane Philpott about cancer prevention via diet, including lots of detailed information about the mechanisms by which cancer develops. I noticed that...
View ArticleAll boy, revisited.
Donovan: "Mommy, your hair is too long. It is long like sisters' hair. You should cut it."Me: "I've been thinking about getting a hair cut. How short would you like it?"Donovan: "It should be...
View ArticleSabbatical. Time to heal.
I've been mostly absent from blogging largely because I've wanted to blog nothing but this post, but have been unable to start on it until now. I feel simultaneously as though I have a space in my life...
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