September, 2006
Another beautiful day, the last in our vacation here in North Carolina. I haven't spent this much time with Casey since before Kenny was born, and that in itself has made this vacation a dream. So where has Kenny been, one might ask. With Gramma and Papa, I'll answer. And no, not because Casey and I have been pawning him off, either. This little guy loves…
The Outer Banks is a place that by its very nature, begs you to find a solitary spot and curl up in a chaise or on a porch swing and just be quiet for a while. To read, to write, to think, to pray... the reason for sitting there alone in the sun is merely for solitude itself, not the action that compelled you there. It is a place…
Maggie "Mooks", my parents beautiful golden retriever died today as we are vacationing in the Outer Banks NC. Mooks was 13 years old and lived an incredible life. This is important not because Maggie was a good dog (she was a great dog), but because Maggie spanned an incredible time span in the life of our family. She was part of 13 years of joys and…
Living on the water, taking for granted the sunrise over the creek and the fishing boats coming in as the light brightens, I forget how breathtaking it is to see the sun peak over the unreachable horizon of the ocean. Sitting here in this gorgeous beach house, looking out onto the Atlantic, sunlight pouring in the fifteen foot windows, my dog curled at my feet, already exhausted from a…
First, this is the third time I've tried to write tonight. I sat down for what I thought would be "just a minute" because I have way too much to do before leaving on vacation tomorrow, but due to some technical difficulties, I keep getting booted off, losing what I've written. All of that wit and brilliance lost in the world wide web forever. Now that all of that…
I finally found a cup I can get Kenny to drink out of. Now before you start raising eyebrows or leaning towards a hasty judgement, let me explain that I first tried every other cup in the house. Occasionally at five o'clock, especially on nights that I know Casey will be working late, I pour myself a very small glass of red wine. Consider it my way of…
It's high time I recognize that I am no longer the "new mommy" of a "baby," but am instead the Mom of a Toddler. Yikes. And how can I reconcile this year that has flown impossibly fast and left me a year older, with a one-year-old running around the house where a tiny baby used to be, sitting safely contained in his bouncy seat? I came to this…
Ok, how many of you Mommies out there eat like, six meals and four snacks a day? Come on... you eat your own meals, that's a given. Then you end up feeding your kids on their own schedule, where who can help but pop a bite or two in your own mouth while you're fixing it? Then the dreaded moment when your kid is clearly, "All Done!"…
I'm using the word "comedy" here in the truest sense of the Greek... meaning humor, mishaps, pitfalls and accidental shenanigans combined with good-nature and love (loose translation). Friday morning dawned grey, and the sky spit mist and drizzle. Kenny and I shared a plate of scrambled eggs and then I bundled us up to take Dudley out for a walk. Just before I got him into his warm…
After I took this picture of Kenny yesterday, it became apparent that our little boy was starting to look a little too shaggy: We had intended to get his first haircut on his birthday, but being a Saturday, we decided that the mall would be a little too crazy, so we postponed until today. Fortunately, Kenny loves having his hair brushed, so we figured it would be a…
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