Hmm, well. Here is a post I am slightly embarrassed to be writing. Once upon a time, we decided that when we had children, we would call them by pseudonyms on the blog. We got pregnant, we found out it was a girl, and we decided on a name for the blog. Except, then, within just a few days of…
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Naming a Baby
People have commented on my name all my life. Sure, it gets misspelled frequently (I got an insurance letter yesterday with it spelled “Jansenn”) and for some reason people who didn’t learn to read phonetically often pronounce it “Janice.” But I’m also always the only person with that name around, I never have to use an initial after my name…
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Little Bee by Chris Cleave
4 of 10: Little Bee nearly killed me. I can understand why some people like it (or even love it), but it just didn’t do a lot for me. This book is WILDLY popular. Currently, it’s sitting in the 28th spot on Amazon’s best sellers list. I tend to like popular books, so this is not a strike against it…
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25
It’s my birthday today. I’m 25 years old. My life is so different than it was a year ago. One year ago, I woke up alone because Bart was traveling (it was the first of 13 weeks he would spend away). Today he works close enough to home that I could pick him up for lunch. A year ago, I…
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A beautiful newborn portrait
There’s something about me that you may not know because I don’t like to brag about it. I am a brilliant artist. Oh wait, that’s not me. That’s my sister Merrick. I am about as artistic as a jar of mayonnaise. Do you remember this baby? She was less than 48 hours old in that photograph. Merrick came for Ella’s…
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