Just one of those maudlin, introspective days ( Read more... )

I've been having a lot of conversations with myself about who I am and the life I have been living. Overall, I think I live a pretty good life and do good by others. I mostly live a life of service and I am pleased with that as it is in my nature. But I have watched parts of myself completely slip away, and I don't like it. I'm not sure how to get ( Read more... )

Summer is winding down and going back to work is looming just around the corner. There is one more week of summer life before Labor Day. How is that even possible? We have had a great and busy summer, so I know the time has truly passed but I am not ready. I am clinging to summer kicking and screaming even as the leaves begin to turn and the ( Read more... )

It was really powerful and lovely to see everyone turn out for my grandfather's services over the weekend. He was a truly amazing man and touched so many lives. I am so proud of him, and proud to be a member of his family. It's funny, I don't have a particularly large family but I guess it packs a big punch nonetheless, especially when you consider ( Read more... )

So when we were at the IVP shindig in DC, there were a couple of sickies floating around - some of the kid and some of the adult variety. There was a great big melting pot of germs from as far away as Ireland and Australia as well as a healthy dose of the local flavor. I was expecting Punk to get sick. But oh, she is having the sick of her little ( Read more... )

I don't talk about this too much because it's whiny and it's ugly, but every so often it rears its ugly head and I thought that perhaps if I wrote it out, it wouldn't bother me so much. I don't know ( Read more... )

I had a crappy part-time job at UMass and I wanted to claw my eyes out every day from sheer boredom. However, I did manage to meet some cool college kids and they made it bearable. Also I met Peterson Toscano who is totally my Big Gay Crush and I wish I met him sooner because I would have begged him for his sperm. No, really ( Read more... )

A baby from my mom and baby group that I used to attend died about a week and a half ago. He had a heart condition and had a couple of heart surgeries and for the last month or two was at Children's Hospital in Boston and was doing so well that he was released on December 14th. He spent a day or two at home and then ended up in the local hospital ( Read more... )

I am having a bit of a crisis of faith with respect to breastfeeding. I guess I am just not used to failure. I'm a goal-oriented person and when I want to do something, I do it. And if it's hard, I work hard and I get it done. I can't really think of anything I really wanted to do that I couldn't pull off. Except this ( Read more... )

Wow. Fussy baby last night and a good chunk of today. I've spent a LOT of time bouncing and walking. She's down for the count right now, though. Yay! I wonder if there's something that I'm eating that's bothering her? I didn't think it would be an issue because she gets so little of my milk but maybe I will cut out the dairy for a couple of days ( Read more... )