Ever since I’ve had music on my computer I’ve had very detailed playlists. I have playlists for every season, for various holidays. I have driving playlists, sad playlists, hyper playlists, mellow playlists. When it was necessary, I didn’t have just one breakup playlist, but three. A breakup playlist for wallowing. A breakup playlist for being […]
11 Things My Baby Boy Has Taught Me
1. You really don’t need to take a bath every day. No. You really don’t. 2. When you’re hungry, eat. When you’re tired, sleep. When you want to play, play. It’s silly and useless to try to do them all at the wrong times because you just get frustrated. 3. Being embarrassed is dumb. It […]
Difficult Babies
Joseph was GOOD today. I say it without thinking. And what I mean is that he didn’t cry much. Or he slept well. What I mean is that he was easy. Because, of course, being good is an entirely different thing. And while Joseph is certainly not always easy, he is certainly always good. After […]
Waiting for Joseph
I was sure Joseph was going to be born early. He was so active inside me- punching all the time like he clearly wanted out. And besides, I was early and so was my husband. And with both of us being restless types and me being somewhat impatient, it just made sense to us that […]
Regarding Baby
I’ve always had a hard time praying. I’ve been told: just talk to God. Talk about your day, your likes, your dislikes, your feelings. He wants to know all of that, so tell him! This always bothered me. Not that I didn’t believe God wanted to know all that. But simply because it made no […]
