We had been aggressively fighting a fever and Zaire sounded a bit more raspy breathing than I liked, so I called the doctor and made an appointment. We were told his nose was stuffed up, his lungs sounded good, just keep an eye on him and let them know if things got worse ( Read more... )

You’ve been trying for sometime now, just never quite sure how to get that knee up high enough to actually make it useful. Then again, maybe you just weren’t tall enough and this last growth spurt has given you the leverage you needed. Whatever it was you have figured it out, and now you are a climbing machine ( Read more... )

So, many of you know I am no real fan of football. It isn’t a secret, I just don’t get the fascination of watching a bunch of overpaid brutes act out some barbaric dance ritual that makes enemies of friends. As fate would have it, though, I am pair-bonded with a fanatic. He has called in sick to watch an Ohio State games, he and friends colonize ( Read more... )

June '95 Eric and I went to the Ashby BART flea market, we came home with a kitten and a motorcycle. The motorcycle lasted for a while, even though Eric dropped it hard twice, it moved on to a new owner years after Eric and I parted ways ( Read more... )

Lost and alone in my own life? I'm laying in bed with the baby listening to Lock storm about and whine because his priorities are only important to him ( Read more... )

My son: Two little words that seem so hard for me to say together. It's weird, I know who he is, I know what he is, but I just can't bring myself to say it that often. It seems foreign to me, not natural in some way. My baby, easy enough, my son, not so much. I force myself to choke it out when making medical appointments, but when I introduce him ( Read more... )

I know that fever can cause seizures in children. I had the esoteric knowledge that "fever fits" can happen, but holding your baby as he has one is one of the most terrifying things in the world. Right up there with that trip on Cache Creek when I was sure Preston and Stefania were going to drown. I thought those were the longest 10 minutes of my ( Read more... )

Zaire, you took your first unaided steps today!! It was amazing and I was ever so proud of you. For 2 months you have been practicing, holding on to the table, the sofa, us, whatever you could to help you manuever around the livingroom. Then you took the gutsy move of letting go and walking towards your brother ( Read more... )

Monday morning, first work day of the dreaded Daylight Savings Time, March 15th, crazy change to the day… I headed off to Ohlone College with my wallet and my phone. Nothing else, just run to Fremont and head back home, then do some work from home, take Ezra to school during my lunch break and then off to another community gig for the afternoon ( Read more... )

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