Archive for September, 2008
Sunday, September 7th, 2008
how i learned to stop worrying and love the bump
no matter how grateful one is, the end of pregnancy gets long. especially when one kinda thought it would all be well over by now, had mentally groomed oneself to be ready for the shitshow of the NICU. being spared one endurance test usually means you’re trading for another. cynics’ handbook 101, friends. maybe the […]
23 Comments » - Posted in pregnancy stuff by bon
Friday, September 5th, 2008
the dog in the manger
when i wake up tomorrow morning – barring any drastic excitement before then – i will be further along than i have ever been before, more pregnant than my body has ever managed. i am 36 weeks today, the threshold of what some – few, but some – definitions are willing to call term. Oscar […]
35 Comments » - Posted in pregnancy stuff by bon
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
autumn journal
September has come, it is hers whose vitality leaps in the autumn Whose nature prefers trees without leaves and a fire in the fireplace. – Louis MacNeice oh September, you’re a tease. you’re there, just behind the curtain, waiting. there’s a crispness to the air, suddenly, and it promises sweaters and lined pages all new […]
22 Comments » - Posted in mama-baby stuff,pondering stuff by bon
Monday, September 1st, 2008
they are what they eat?
for the past nine days, Oscar & Dave & i have been home together, just the three of us. the sitter’s on vacation, as is Dave, and i’m home anyway, so it’s a last gasp at summer for us as a family, and a last chance – knock wood – to do stuff as a […]
