Comments on: eleven

By: Damselfly

Damselfly — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:29:06 +0000

Funny! So you like Elvis Costello, too, eh?

I would have probably ended up listening to my mother’s faves if I hadn’t been mercilessly teased into listening to current stuff around the age of 12 (I was in 8th grade in 1984 too) — Neil Diamond, Barbra Streisand, Petula Clark, etc. But then my stepmother’s constant listening to 60s stuff set me back a few decades when I was 16-17. So I was a weird kid. If it weren’t for my boyfriend (now my husband), I might never have known all those 80s hair bands. But maybe ignorance really is bliss….

By: cath

cath — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:28:35 +0000

just reading through your comments bon, i agree with kate. have you thought about pubishing?

By: Her Bad Mother

Her Bad Mother — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:48:55 +0000

This is just beautiful. Happy 11 months, magical one!

By: slouching mom

slouching mom — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:58:48 +0000

Bon –

Consider yourself tagged. Come by my site for rules. No pressure.

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:29:35 +0000

And for the record, my husband and I agree…you really should be finding a way to get this stuff published. Your writing touches lives…

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:25:37 +0000

This made me cry…My sweet sweet boy will be one in July and I feel like his babyhood is slipping away so fast!

My family was in your neck of the woods over March Break last week…the three of us went to the Gahan House for dinner (yes, we take our son to the pub!) One table over from us was a group of young men in their early 20s – they were laughing loudly and enjoying a few pints. Isaac was on my lap and I had my nose in his sweet-baby-smelling neck thinking ‘my son will one day be a young man just like these guys’. It is surreal and just too much for me to think about!

Yours is a beautifully written post that echos everything I feel for my little one. What an amazing, life-changing year it has been so far…

By: Zany Mama

Zany Mama — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:06:16 +0000

I think that there are a lot of really wonderful things about blogs, but sending love letters to our children must be one of the best uses of this space.

Beautiful.

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:49:51 +0000

Happy Birthday Oscar!!! Hope the three of you had a great day!!

By: mayberry

mayberry — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:48:21 +0000

It is special – enjoy, Oscar & Bon!

Bon – can you send me your email address – you had tried once before and it didn’t come through. in case mine doesn’t show here, it is mayberrymom2006 AT yahoo dot com. thanks!

By: motherofbun

motherofbun — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 04:17:16 +0000

There are certain things that make me REALLY miss my son’s babyhood. And reading this post makes me really, really, REALLY miss it.

Oscar is a very cool name.