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Everywhere I go, I get comments about how much Greta and I look alike. Last night, she was sitting on Chris’s lap and the resemblance was astounding in my opinion. Also last night, during “tummy time” she rolled from her stomach to her back. Where was the video camera during THAT? We screamed and sang […]

Funfetti cake (her favorite) got the party started. She begged to take her first stroll outside. She insisted Chris feed her her first bottle. Aunt Victoria and Aunt Patty came from out-of-town and gave Greta the perfect gift: arms to lay in. She partied hard and then crashed….mitten free. Totally spoiled.

…That. And the patch. That’s all I have in common with a Pirate’s life. What a joke. I can’t believe I have Bell’s Palsy. I woke up on Wednesday morning and struggled to put on my eye shadow before realizing the struggle stemmed from the inability to shut my eye. Within an hour, the discovery […]

We’ve been photographed together for years… I have driven a red Ford Focus since I turned 16. I learned how to drive in one. I took my driver’s test in one. In 2002, we traded in the old red Ford Focus for a new one. Red. Ford. And still a Focus. When my family moved […]

While sifting through my box of paintings and drawings this morning, I found a treasure wrapped up in a manilla envelope. It was a survey I filled out as part of a young women activity, written to my future self. I even wrote a note to myself on the front of the envelope: Inside you […]

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