Nostalgia

What I Am Thankful For

  • Posted on November 24, 2005
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DECLANWhat a wonderful child. Thoughtful and kind, yet still funny and adorable. He has changed me in so many ways, and all of them for the better.BRYANMy soul mate. After 13 years together, he still makes me laugh my ass off and feel all googly…
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We’re So Stereotypical

  • Posted on November 22, 2005
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My therapist was telling me today that she was reading a recent study that confirmed what we all knew. Men are the daredevils and women are the snugglers.She said that in childrearing, men generally did better at the exploration tasks (as in, letting them fly…
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It’s the Little Things

  • Posted on November 19, 2005
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After nap today we were all hanging out in Declan's room and talking. (That new bed really is comfortable). I was telling Declan about Thanksgiving, what we were doing to celebrate, and how it is a day to remember the good things in our life.What…
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Speaking of body functions…

  • Posted on November 17, 2005
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Dex and I go potty at the same time sometimes and he almost always leans his head on my leg from his little potty. Freaking adorable. Then he pushes on my leg with his finger and says "squishy!" Not so adorable.
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Story from the park yesterday…

  • Posted on November 17, 2005
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Bryan took Declan to the park yesterday... As Dex was playing, Bryan struck up a conversation with a mom there and they started talking about Declan's school (which mixes special needs and non-special needs kids). Bryan told the mom that one of the things he…
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Hide & Seek

  • Posted on November 17, 2005
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I love how kids think about things. No rules. No borders. They push the envelope every single day.Declan and I were playing hide and seek down in the basement tonight. Just the two of us. We went back and forth a few times... me finding…
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Old Soul

  • Posted on November 10, 2005
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This morning, as I was dropping Declan at school, I ran into a good friend in the parking lot. I was holding Dex in my arms and she was telling me about something bad going on in her personal life. Normally, Declan would have interupted…
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