I participated in the One Day party on Instagram again this year, hosted by Laura of HollyWood HouseWife. Every year that I do this I think to myself I will follow up by making it into a blog post so that readers who aren’t on IG can see what goes […]
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Dek is 1
Dear little boy, The day you were born. One year ago I was reminding myself that I couldn’t possibly be pregnant forever, and that eventually you would be born and my poor ankles would shrink back to normal size. Then you came so quickly that it was hard to believe […]
Read MoreHappy New Year From Thailand!!!
We were privileged to celebrate the New Year with the children at the nearby Grace Home, run by our good friends at Compassio. They had Mukake, Thai BBQ, and movies and sugar so all the kids had a lot of fun. (Some of the sugar was our fault because we […]
Read MoreDear Son, I want you to fail this year
Dear Boy, Twelve years ago today you made me a mother. It didn’t go at all as I had planned, and dreamed about, your birth, but there you were anyway, with a ridge in your forehead and a cone on the back of your head, and so, very, very fragile […]
Read MoreMy Surprise Indian Baby Shower
A few weeks ago I went up to L.A. to help Brenda with Bug’s Black Kitty birthday party, and to make good on a promise to stay longer the next time I was in town. At the same time, my friend Mamatha, who used to be a neighbor when we […]
Read MoreNarnia Party!!!
So the girls changed their minds several times about a party theme this year. They couldn’t agree on anything you see. So 8 days before the weekend I had invited all their guests we were split down the middle between the Girl wanting it to be a Brave themed party, […]
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