Settling into Stillness

My contractions have been intermittent for some time now. Starting. Stopping. Starting. Stopping. At first this all feels exciting. And then, after a couple of weeks of on-again-off-again, and then a couple of days of really-intense-and-then-nothing, I realize that...

confession

Before I could do anything else today, I needed to sit down and write this: In May I told you that I had met with an agent (and his lovely wife) who had expressed interest in representing me for my second book. Woohoo! I finished my proposal, emailed it to him, moved...

a third

I’ve just returned from another doctor’s appointment. Been able to spy on Baby Sister inside my belly through the magic of that ultrasound machine. Everything this time around feels unknown. With the twins, I knew I was having a c-section because Lane was breech, and...

today

As it is still January, and I am still reading New Years posts from others and thinking through how I myself might want 2012 to look and feel, I am brought back to the wisdom/warning that it doesn’t so much matter how I want this year to look if I’m not willing to...

A Thousand Words

A virtual scrapbook for you . . . full of love from Bahrain. Sunset over the Persian Gulf at Amwaj Island. One of the many stacks of packing paper from our move. Baby belly at the Bahrain Fort on a very windy day. This was when I was still somewhat reasonably...