I really am her biggest fan. Catherine Newman’s column again made me both laugh and blink back tears. She cites the central preoccupations of her life, and they sound an awful lot like mine: “Sure, there are recurring themes: anxiety and impatience; my chaotic efforts at peace or the way I lumber after gratitude.” She [...]
Still mulling over my fantastic girl Gracie. I found an old editorial by Anna Quindlen in my files, which of course made me cry yet again. Some excerpts: “Sixteen years ago something unexpected happened: I became the mother of a daughter. … Having a daughter can be a complex matter for a woman. Despite those [...]
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My girl Gracie. I talked to Melissa today at length, about labor and all those details – she is due in two days and naturally full of questions, curiosity, anxiety. Describing every detail of Grace’s painful, 36-hour labor really brought me back to those days, almost 5 years ago. I remembered the shakes, the screaming, [...]
Had the most marvelous visit with Hadley and the delicious baby Jack yesterday. I will post picture later once I get it uploaded. In the meantime, the Tabblo I made for Hadley is here.As I’ve rhapsodized before, Hadley is a one-of-a-kind friend, and one of the few lifers I know I have. Such fun that [...]
