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Debi
Obviously, I haven't been writing here for some time. It's not because I haven't had the time, or because I have been in a particularly difficult funk and unable to write about it, or because... More »
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
I made this still-art-with-music the other day. The photo is of the adirondack chairs and wooden barrels on my front porch the last week in March. It snowed fiercely that day, but the sun came... 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
My parents moved away on Friday. Of course, they moved away in many ways over the years, but this time, it feels very final. They sold their house north of Milwaukee, the house where I... 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
Can anyone else believe my Shmoo is just a month from her 2nd birthday? I have to admit, I am just now starting to believe it. There are such huge parts of me, probably deeply... More »
Debi
I want good health -- physical and emotional -- for my entire family . I want to spend my entire life with True, and I want him to spend his entire life with me, up... More »
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