A Decade of Days
Me and my little Nick and my friend Jo. Ten years ago today, I gave birth to Nick at the hospital I can see today from my bedroom window. I was young and unaware of what was in store for me, he was small and beautiful and soft. Right about at this time on that [...]
Coming and going
Life has, unsurprisingly, turned into a giant blur of newborn care: nursing, changing diapers, cleaning up spit-up, trying to scarf down half a sandwich before baby starts howling for yet more milk. I’ve been here twice before, but it’s been 4 years since the last time and 5 years since the time before that and [...]
Nick-o
And then there’s Nick. My firey, sensitive, deep boy of extremes. If Nick is happy, the world has never been better. If he’s upset, it’s the worst day of the worst possible life and nothing will ever make it better. His anger is quick and violent and he contorts his face into the ugliest looks [...]
Um…
There are moments of parenting which leave me speechless. One of them just passed when Nicholas ran across the house. He was chasing Lily with a toy ark yelling “Look out! Noah’s coming for you!!!” As I wrote this, I heard him saying “But that was our only chicken!”. *snort*
