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Why You Definitely Should/Should Not Pierce Your Daughter’s Ears

September 18, 2017 · 1 Comment

I always thought I was doing my girls a huge favor by not piercing their ears as babies. No judgment upon those who do - I just sit on the other side of that parenting hot bed. "I have no choice - it's our culture," My Puerto Rican friend told me, dumping Siracha sauce on her slab of pork, knowing full well her IBS was going to turn her butt into a jack hammer in 43 minutes ...

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Filed In: Lila / Tagged: ear piercing, kids ear piercing, Lila

To Lillian on Her Sixth Birthday

September 11, 2016 · 4 Comments

Dear Lila, A couple of weeks ago I dropped you off at Kindergarten and I cried as walked out the door.  I didn't cry because I was worried you were going to need me, but because I knew that you wouldn't.  I stood awkwardly next to you in the drop off line, waiting for the doors to open.  It was like standing next to a grown woman waiting to be called into a business ...

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Filed In: Lila, Love Letters / Tagged: 6th birthday, Lila, Love Letters

Therapy Line Item #3734

March 9, 2016 · 4 Comments

Lila's hair was increasingly becoming a problem.  After taking the necessary steps to wash and comb it through, it came out looking something like this: And this ^... this lie... this one day a week beachy wave hyperbole is what kept me hanging on for so long.  Because the other six days out of the week it looked like this: She is a back sleeper, and also part ...

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Filed In: Lila / Tagged: hair cut, Lila, therapy

To Lillian on Her Fifth Birthday

September 10, 2015 · 1 Comment

Dear Lila, Tomorrow, you turn five.  Sandwiched in between a sister sixteen months older and another sister fourteen months younger, I feel like I have spent the better part of those five years making sure I pay enough attention to you.  "Oh, I forgot about Lila" I'll say to myself approximately ten billion times a day.  And then I'll find you, usually tending to one of your ...

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Filed In: Lila, Love Letters / Tagged: Lila, lila is five, Love Letters

A Better Place

May 28, 2015 · 7 Comments

It was weird being alone in the car with my 4-year-old.  She's my middle child and we never have one-on-one time.  "I really need to make more time for just the two of us," I thought as we drove down the highway.  But that would have to be a different day.  Today we were going to our first appointment at the children's cancer center. A few weeks prior I had noticed excessive ...

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Filed In: Lila, Motherhood / Tagged: children's cancer, friends of kids with cancer, Lila

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