Comments on: here it comes again

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:34:20 +0000

Words fail, but oh how my butterflies sing.

By: mrs chicken

mrs chicken — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:25:03 +0000

“i could spit across the room and dirty his shirt. but i barely see him. and the lovers we once were feel as far away from me as that bathtub where i first shaved my legs twenty-five years ago.

i would not trade. but oh, god, i would like to visit.”

Yes, oh. Yes.

By: Aidan Donnelley Rowley

Aidan Donnelley Rowley — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:39:47 +0000

Wonderful, intriguing stuff. New to your blog and I will be back.

By: Maggie May

Maggie May — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:33:17 +0000

it’s the remembering and reaching for it that keeps it alive

love your blog,

maggie may

By: edj

edj — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:19:44 +0000

Enjoy your break! You will love it. And I know you’ve heard this before but seriously, before you know it they will be 12 and 14 (the ages of my 3) and off to spend the weekend camping with friends in Casablanca and you will escape, just the two of you, for a fun-filled weekend in Chefchaouen. Of course you’d have to be living in Morocco, but anything’s possible.

By: mo_wo

mo_wo — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:13:29 +0000

I have 3 and 5. All this talk is giving me performance anxiety!

But yes it is a little bit true. The other thing to know is that at 5 is that they are so entirely finished with your body. I buy clothes now for example the terminus of gestation and birth and breastfeeding and sweatpants and clinging. It took me 5 years to really regain my corporeal being. That I can attest is nice.

By: cheesefairy

cheesefairy — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:01:45 +0000

We planned a similar jaunt for this week, now as it turns out I will go alone but alone is also so so good. No one’s hand down my shirt, be it man or child.

Hope your Montreal is splendid.

And thank you Traci for the hope of 3 and 5.

By: pnuts mama

pnuts mama — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:06:57 +0000

“i would not trade. but oh, god, i would like to visit.”

sublime.

and i would like to buy stock in 3 & 5 as well, or in our case, 2 & 5? 3 & 6? sigh.

By: bon

bon — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:36:48 +0000

Jane, i can barely remember either. i really didn’t realize how all-consuming the shift would be. i would’ve told you i couldn’t imagine losing that touchstone, that sense of Us. but that was clearly just a lack of imagination.

but Traci, that was like the happiest, most promising news i’ve heard all week.

those of you whose kids are older…does this happen? is this true? can i buy stock in 3 & 5 and wait happily for it to mature!?

By: Traci

Traci — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:20:18 +0000

sounds like a lovely retreat. And the more regular break is coming, really. “Three and Five” is a magical set of ages for lovering. Our lovering seems to have returned nicely. And I’ve got fingers crossed that yours will too. : D