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Debi
My baby is three. Putting aside -- just for the moment -- all the accomplishments she's made in the past three years, I have felt it necessary in these past few weeks to ruminate a... More »
Debi
It's been a busy half-spring, here, and between fun things and not-so-fun-things and vacations and a funeral and the adventures of Life on Earth, I've neglected this space. I'll try to be better, especially since... More »
Debi
Shmoo has been home from the hospital since Thursday, and she'll be staying home all week, recuperating and eating soft foods and being told, over and over, not to jump on the couch or she'll... More »
Debi
Well, our health trials with Little Shmoo aren't over, though we hope this next one is easier and less dramatic than the last one. Wednesday she'll go in for a tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, and another bronchoscopy... More »
Debi
How many people in the foreground of this picture have valuable opinions that count? Most of you out there would likely answer "two," counting the toddler and the adult to whom she's speaking. I think,... More »
Debi
After the candy frenzy of Halloween, I felt really drawn to make soup yesterday. Thursdays, Shmoo stays at day care a little longer so I can spend some special one-on-one time with Doodlebug. When we... More »
Debi
My Little Shmoo is getting to be a bigger Shmoo these days. Something happened to her when her hair got long enough for pigtails -- even though they can barely be classified as pigtails when... More »
Debi
I just wanted to take a blog post here to publicly show gratitude for "the village" that is helping me raise my children, and grow myself as a mother and human. I know there are... More »
Debi
A monologue by my amazing Doodlebug: " At school? Last week? One day Adam was crying because he didn't listen to the teacher and he had to sit at the hexagon table and think and... More »
Debi
I took Doodlebug out on a date! Several of my music teachers are in a fabulous band called the WAZO County Warblers . They were playing in an outdoor plaza last night, right next to... More »
