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you can take the girl out of grad school...

carole wrote 8 months ago: at our university, doctoral candidates’ dissertations must be approved by an outside reader. w … more →

Tags: Mom News

you'd think i'd have more to show for it

carole wrote 8 months ago: given that i have lain awake most nights this last week, clever-sounding one-liners running through … more →

Tags: Family News

sittin' around, nothin' to do2 comments

carole wrote 9 months ago: … more →

Tags: new kid news, news of the historical sort

extra extra bonus points2 comments

carole wrote 9 months ago: for larry st john, who clearly thinks gus is named after some skinny, flouncing white girls. introdu … more →

have we mentioned...

carole wrote 10 months ago: …how much we love piper, elizabeth, and their zen queen of a mommy, miss kresta? i thought not … more →

Tags: Family News, mairin, Eamon, Piper, Elizabeth, Reading

i am a heel1 comment

carole wrote 1 year ago: way back in the day when i was nervously roly-poly (as opposed to now, when i am merely frustratedly … more →

manners from heaven3 comments

carole wrote 1 year ago: “shannon, did –”      “mommy, i need ergo?”      “no, honey, you … more →

sometimes1 comment

carole wrote 1 year ago: like now, for instance, when both kids are napping simultaneously, i wonder what i did to get so luc … more →

big sister...4 comments

carole wrote 1 year ago: sister and brother …is not exactly watching, but i’m fairly certain that’s only be … more →

september 273 comments

carole wrote 1 year ago: last saturday marked one day since ruby’s delivery and death. had everything gone according to … more →

power down1 comment

carole wrote 1 year ago: to revisit a well-worn theme…: cincinnati still seems out to get us. eamon’s welcome hom … more →

thomas shannon smith2 comments

carole wrote 1 year ago: last night i dreamt that three days after gus was born shannon took me to meet him. all grown up at … more →

Tags: Mom News

do not try this at home2 comments

carole wrote 1 year ago: my impulse to bake has never gone so wrong, so consistently, as it has over the last few months. my … more →

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team support

shannon wrote 1 year ago: i got this part, dad. um, i'm kinda busy, mom? … more →

lel-lo

shannon wrote 1 year ago: in lieu of anything substantive to report about the new kid (35w1d, knocking his mama around, heartb … more →

Tags: big kid news, dad babble

no, really, stop. you're killing me.

carole wrote 1 year ago: with earl & mairin i subscribed to babycenter.com’s weekly pregnancy newsletters. see how … more →

Tags: Mom News

Since booby prizes are given to boobs who make boo-boos, it seems plausible that these words crawled out of the same linguistic ooze.

carole wrote 1 year ago: if you like that sentence, you probably won’t mind this shameless plug for its author, our wor … more →

week 34, pregnancy tip

carole wrote 1 year ago: from our friends at PregnancyWeekly comes this headline:  Rekindling the Romance During Your Pregnan … more →

Tags: Mom News

carlos cadel5 comments

carole wrote 1 year ago: with mairin waking up every morning for the last several weeks saying in rapid order, “momee! … more →


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