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Friday, April 29, 2016

7ToF: You got a fast car, is it fast enough so we can fly away?

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1. Years ago Tracy Chapman recorded "Fast Car," one of my all-time favorite songs, about driving off to a better life. Chapman gre...
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

bathrooms, independence, and watching your kid drive away

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I just watched MadMax drive himself off to school--his first time driving since the surgery, second day back at school. The surgery was on h...
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Friday, April 22, 2016

7ToF: Are we gonna let the elevator bring us down?

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1. This was a stressful week (see below), but I managed to hang tough. Until this morning when I heard that Prince died. I was headed out th...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Caretaking and the maternal urge

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The topic of caretaking keeps re-surfacing. First there was my friend Andrea who received care from friends and family and hospice during he...
Friday, April 15, 2016

7ToF: pain, forgiveness, and moving forward

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(this got really long, apologies in advance. you've been warned.) 1. The surgery went well. Thank you to all of you who were thinking ...
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

accidents, injuries, and mom panic

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Three weeks ago MadMax was up at our local ski resort and he did one more three-sixty on his last run of the day before heading home. He fel...
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Friday, April 8, 2016

7ToF: the world's gonna wake up and see / Baltimore and me

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1. Since I seem to have lost my enthusiasm for fiction these days, I've been reading memoirs. There are so many good ones out there you ...
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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

you wouldn't know me with this golden glow, soakin' up sun in Mexico

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We returned from Mexico on Sunday. We don't usually do major vacations for spring break, but it's our last one with our last kid, so...
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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

if I knew what I was doing I'd be doing it right now

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As you can tell, I've been desperately scraping the bottom of the bin for post ideas. I thought it would only last a week or two and I s...
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Friday, February 26, 2016

7ToF: my heart hurts

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1. Andrea's memorial service was today (Thursday). It was a lovely mix of memorable and heartwarming and absurd. And sad. But also joyfu...