Some days there is no right side of the bed. This morning, every direction I tossed and turned, searching for a graceful, positive exit from slumber, I was confronted by an endless string of wrong sides.
I had one of two choices:
1. Put my feet on the ground and sleepwalk my way through the day, [...]

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This morning, upon opening the office refrigerator to fetch my soy milk – I add a dollop to each of my 4 cups of coffee – I was greeted by the sight of a half-eaten avocado.
Blackened from air exposure, unwrapped and rotting, it stood in the center of the top shelf like a statue [...]

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It dawned on us this weekend that our baby has a 50% chance of being a boy - a little less if you account for the disparity between men and women in the US, but thereabouts. And until Saturday night we were 100% certain our boy, if we had one, would be named Graham.
But we [...]

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Pee is the crystal ball of bodily fluids. Be it indicative of dehydration, foods you’ve eaten, disease or pregnancy, urine is the gateway test for understanding where we’ve been and where we’re headed. Not to mention that doctors seem to adore the stuff. It almost has replaced the “welcome to my office Mr. So-and-so” handshake [...]

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We sat on the purple sofa, bellies full of carrot fries and homemade lemonade, watching an episode of “The Office.” Constance and I have been barreling through the series on Netflix, a little late to the party, but we were fans of the original series and had avoided the Americanized version because we were operating [...]

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Today marks a big step forward for me. I finished the first draft of a short story - 9 pages, 4500 words. It’s a story I’ve been meaning to write since September. Notes were jotted down on a Word document, placed in the “Personal” folder on my desktop, and left to linger with several other [...]

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Since my arm really hurts - and no, thankfully, it’s not broken - I’m opting to share the email I wrote to my band mates in regards to postponing tonight’s practice instead of writing something all over again. A Valentine’s Day trip to a Michigan B&B proved to be very special for the drummer and [...]

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February’s double-digit days showed up on my doorstep with an unexpected gift of record warmth - 66 degrees on the day that begins our 31st week of pregnancy. It’s also, oddly enough, the day my dear friend, Mai, celebrates her 31st birthday. Five days after being admitted into the hospital for a massive intestinal infection, [...]

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Constance celebrated a personal victory this morning by weighing-in only 1/2-pound more than the same time two weeks ago. The midwife was very proud, too. Constance has a magic number in her head that shall not be surpassed and, according to her, this gives that magic number a good chance at becoming reality. She looks [...]

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