Things to do before we leave Indianapolis
A friend writes: Also, you are in Colts territory who are like the Saints…..13-0 May want to slip some New Orleans Voodoo on them!
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One step forward and two back
I believe one day same sex marriage will fall under the same cloud as civil rights. Just as it is unfathomable to believe a black man would not be entitled to the same rights as a white man so one day will it be unfathomable that a gay couple cannot enjoy the same rights as a straight couple to marry and raise a family. These laws one day will be looked back on as perverse…
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Could it be a silver lining
I just read that the flight attendants of British Airway are going to have a strike for 22 days. I’m wondering if they now have time to find my luggage that contains all of my favorite clothes that they lost in the summer of 2008?
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Learning to see through his eyes
I never thought I would become a nazi mommy. My friend’s kid is sick and so is she, and she’s wearing a surgical mask around the house so she doesn’t reinfect her. I used to laugh at this type of mom behavior, and now after going out to eat sushi and seeing how Tin got overtired being out of his routine and how being out affected his stomach (as he spit up his formula when…
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It’s a human thing
I’ve waited a lifetime to have someone call me mommy, to watch my child eat in his high chair, and to caress the little body at bath time and dressing time. Little Tin is more than a mother could ask for. What’s his story? His story is this – the stork delivered him to the wrong house and so he spent nine months on a bumpy road till two fairy godmothers (yes, that would be…
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Life is for the living
I spoke with my brother earlier today and told him mom sent us a blessing, he said, “A blessing, a white same sex couple bringing up a black boy, sounds like a challenge.” I told him, “You’re jealous because we lead a more interesting life than you.” Today when we were walking around the mall, everyone wanted to get a look at Tin – he’s gorgeous, not just because he’s cute but because he has…
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Reading tea leaves
I had a cup of tea earlier today and the label said “Beauty is in everything you do.” Today, after working in the hotel lobby with Ellen and all the other morning and daytime talk shows playing full blast on two flat screen TVs, I came back to feed Tin his bottle in the bathroom with the hot water running. Then late in the afternoon I ran to Babies R Us and bought a Peg…
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What is croup?
Back to the digital age and having an infant. Last night, just when we thought Tin was getting over his cold, he woke in the middle of the night with a barky cough. This went on intermittently and of course, I got no sleep worrying about him. Then I got up early and looked up barky cough online and it said croup. Apparently this strikes children under three and all of the identifiers fit him…
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Living beyond your means
I dreamed last night that we were on a plane, then in a car, then on a boat, headed for a house on the beach. When we finally got there, we went out to the deck and walked towards the water. My two uncles walked up with pinched foreheads and I walked quickly over to find out what was wrong and my mother was behind them. They said she was concerned because she had a…
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Don’t touch the fire
Tin, no fire, don’t touch the fire, Tin, no fire, don’t touch, Tin, are you listening?