I was thinking about all the advice I’ve gotten about babies and kids and if I had to highlight the best ones they would be this: 1) The Baby Whisperer said if your baby is not sleeping through the night, interrupt their sleep rhythm. Go in a couple of hours before they normally wake up too early and gently wake them by putting your hand on their chest and rocking them slightly. This worked like…
Somewhere around 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon, I started crying and couldn’t stop. I had received sad news day before yesterday and it’s meaning was deeper than its surface. A chapter was closing in my life, one that has been filled with rancorous challenges, excitement and all in the company of like-minded people who I’ve come to regard as my family. I started looking through old photographs of us, these people, and each photo is punctuated…
When we were trying to adopt, I would read baby books and they didn’t make sense. Then Tin came around and I had to start reading in a hurry, three books at a time, and most of them were very helpful. Recently, E recommended some books for me written by Louise Bates Ames and James Ilg – titled simply Your One-Year-Old: The Fun-Loving, Fussy 12-To 24-Month. Then there is the Two, and Three, and etc.…
What is a good day? A good day is when something or someone makes you smile at least once. A great day is when someone makes you belly laugh. Today I started off in a sour mood because a very dear person to me is leaving my surrounds – but through a series of email miscommunications on a completely different topic bouncing from here to China, I got the funniest email ever that started a…
I realize with Tin that if I can stop the world I am in for a few minutes and get into his world, we totally relate. So today when Heidi had to go in for her mega bucks oral surgery and I saw Loca hanging by the front door, pining for her sister, I realized that Loca doesn’t know what we know – that Heidi will be back soon in better shape than she left.…
I was watching this old version of Mahalia Jackson singing and it just put a smile on my face. I got Tin a Louis Armstrong DVD and we were watching it in his room today and he danced around while stacking blocks – he got his blocks stacked nine high and then put the miniature astronaut on the top, the whole time shaking his booty. Louie was making me smile with his satchel cheeks and…
I got some bad news today about a friend who didn’t need any more bad news and well, I just decided to quit with all the what if’s and anxiety and everything and just say to hell with it. I made French toast for Tin out of leftover Challah and made us some Moroccan style greens with chickpeas (yummy). Then Tin and I went for a walk around the bayou – it’s always around dinner…
A friend told me that a six week old black baby girl needed a home. “Are you interested?” Good grief, on the heels of all that is going on I said, “Yes, no, wait, yes, no, no.” I referred the baby girl to our friend who wants a baby “just like Tin,” and since the skin color was at least close, I said, “Here is your Tin.” Lord today, another baby. No, I’d have to…
I was able to get to yoga today when a call was cancelled and thank god I went because yesterday’s cardio class nearly killed me and my newfound late night anxiety is threatening to seal the deal. Michele’s assistant talked about how when we step outside after a yoga class we are aware and engaged with the world. In our practice we seek balance in our poses. He used yoga as a metaphor for the…
So here’s my horoscope – it seemed the writer was in a pensive mood: September 21, 2010 Taurus (4/20-5/20) So, what’s been happening in your love life lately? A good place to start, when you answer that question, is with yourself. Whether you’re single or solidly committed, how are you feeling? Connected, disconnected? What are your expectations of a relationship? What are your expectations of a life? Do you think people are meant to be…