As days go by, I start to see that Lyra sometimes look like her older sisters when they were babies. We have said to each other—That’s exactly like Val when she was a baby! The girls are thrilled when they hear things like that; they adore their baby sister so much they feel flattered that [...]
Archive for March, 2009
shorts II
Posted in Life after, just gibberish, just thinkin' on March 31, 2009 | 10 Comments »
shorts (it started out as shorts but got longer)
Posted in Life after, just gibberish on March 29, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Funsize asked if I would mind if she asked if Lyra bears any resemblance to Ferdinand. I do not mind.
Lyra resembles Ferdinand. So much. Especially in the first moments after she was born. When she was lifted onto my chest, she looked exactly like Ferdinand. For a few seconds I felt I was living in [...]
shredded
Posted in Life after on March 25, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Lately I’ve been feeling really shredded. I’ve been keeping very late nights, trying to finish up a translation assignment. I will spend about an hour nursing Lyra down to sleep, then I shower and creep downstairs and turn on the computer, staring at the screen and flipping through references till the very wee hours, like [...]
got it!!
Posted in Uncategorized on March 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Griffin & Sabine postcards. Complete. With some notecards thrown in even.
Thus is the power e.Bay.
I said I checked and they had nothing, but the key to this is persistence. (Not on my part, but my daughter’s) Well, actually, R found it on e.bay for her just two days ago, because she would not stop [...]
back
Posted in Glow in the woods on March 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After taking a two-month break from Glow in the Woods (thanks to lovely Loribeth who contributed a most moving and beautiful guest post, and my friend Mani who offered up the first lesson, giving us a perspective from the point of a midwife), I am back with a new post today. Do visit if you [...]
Blogroll stuff
Posted in Uncategorized on March 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I just want to let you all know that I have noticed the new names popping up in the comments. I know you are here. I wish you are not here, but still, thank you, and welcome, know that your presence means a ton to me. I have clicked on your blog and visited but [...]
