Between the Lion and St. Theodore
life fragmented into a mosaic of un-luck
where pigeons waddle by –
indifferent to your inedible woes
and tourists gorge on Venezia trinkets.
You wonder why the Lion still has wings
Under which people can smile for photographs.
Come. Dive into the canal.
Swim to me – all stripe-shirted and female
Standing on my rocking gondola.
I’ll row you to [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Grieving |
Read the full article!| Posted in For adults only | 1 Comment » | Saturday, December 27th, 2008 | |
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Car Rides |
Wish me luck. No, scratch that. Wish me patience. Maybe sustenance? Wish me anything and everything because I will need it. In ten days we are taking a 15 hour car ride with our 3 year old and 6 year old.
We’ve travelled 6 hours with both of them and [...]
| Posted in Family Life | 2 Comments » | Monday, December 22nd, 2008 | |
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Eating, Sleeping, and Pooping |
On our very first visit to the pediatrician in Santa Monica, she said to me, “The three things you’ll want to control with your children are: their eating, their sleeping, and their pooping. And the three things you can’t control with your children are: their eating, their sleeping, and their pooping.” She [...]
| Posted in Babies, Child Development | No Comments » | Saturday, December 20th, 2008 | |
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The December Dilemma |
Maybe, like me, you’re part of the ever-growing subculture in America–interfaith families. Maybe, like me, you’re married to someone of a different faith, or perhaps you yourself are a product of interfaith marriage. December proves to be the month of the biggest dilemmas for us interfaith folks. Do we tiptoe around the [...]
| Posted in Family Life | 3 Comments » | Monday, December 15th, 2008 | |
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The Twelve Days of Motherhood |
This must be sung in tune to 12 Days of Xmas.
On the first day of motherhood my husband said to me, “Will your breasts always hang to your knees?”
On the second day of motherhood my husband said to me,“I still feel the love. Will your breasts always hang to your knees?”
On the third day [...]
| Posted in For adults only | 1 Comment » | Thursday, December 11th, 2008 | |
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My Plea |
Before reading this, please try and remove that little chip inside the ego that sounds the sirens anytime someone gets close to criticizing. I do not mean to judge, criticize, or admonish. I simply have the intense need to whine and moan about my disappointment in the state of women.
Lately, the women I [...]
| Posted in For adults only | 2 Comments » | Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 | |
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Beloved Children’s Books I Love to Hate: #3 Frederick |
Leo Lionni’s Caldecott winner is loved by kids and families as much for its clever art work as for its story. The story of Frederick, for those of you lucky enough to have avoided it so far, is the story of one lazy mouse who sits around daydreaming while the rest of the mouse colony [...]
| Posted in Books | 2 Comments » | Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 | |
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A High-Risk Pregnancy |
Upon discovering you’re having a high-risk pregnancy, everything changes. Gone is your excitement. Your joy. The easy jokes with your husband. That cute nickname you’ve picked out for the baby. You’re instead gripped with a deep fear and regret. And yet… life goes on. You still have a job, a toddler to care for, and [...]
| Posted in Health, Pregnancy | 3 Comments » | Friday, December 5th, 2008 | |
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The Trouble with Thinking |
The trouble for me is that I think too much. And I don’t mean in a good way. I think about where my daughter should go to middle school and she’s only four. I think about whether to invest our economic stimulus money or blow it on a new flatscreen tv and [...]
| Posted in Family Life, For adults only | 1 Comment » | Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 | |
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