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Amy Is Four!

October 17, 2010

I have a hard time processing the fact that my baby girl is already four years old. I remember so vividly that month of labor back in the early fall of 2006 — and yes, I swear to God Himself, I was in labor off and on for a month. And in mild, unpleasant labor [...]

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Amy’s Views on Aging

October 7, 2010

I haven’t been feeling like myself the past couple of days. Turns out my hypokalemia is rearing its ugly little head again, shaking a fist and glaring at me. But it turns out I have far bigger problems to address than some weird chemical imbalance that’s over-stressing my ticker. Amy will turn 4 years old [...]

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Celebrations Mark the Weekend

July 11, 2010

It has been a quite a weekend thus far: a neighbor’s birthday party, basic Saturday marketing (grocery, etc.), and initial preparations for Pixie’s family [hubby’s family, that is] birthday party, the [pre-funeral] wake for the mother of a neighbor. In a nutshell, each little event was as predictable as you’d guess: Birthday party = relatively [...]

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Surviving a Century

May 26, 2010

On Friday, May 21, my maternal grandfather turned 100 years old. My mom, his only surviving child, organized a birthday party for him, and nearly all of our family was able to attend. My mother’s organizational powers are second to none, and the party was a great success. Usually, when I think of a “successful” [...]

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