Vocabulary is important. I once dated a guy who described everything from toothbrushes to toddlers as Share and Enjoy:
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May 23, 2008
May 21, 2008
Forget the cheese
This is one of my favorite photos of Malcolm and Hugh, taken a few years ago. They were dressed up for their grandmother’s 80th birthday party, and the only reason they were smiling so nicely for my camera, I later learned, was because they were goosing each other. Why was I not surprised? Here’s a [...]
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May 19, 2008
What is the What
A new kind of sharing has arisen in our house. Hugh asks, “Mom, where is What is the What?” I tell him it’s on my bedside table. He transports it into his room and reads avidly, and when my day is done, I tiptoe in and retrieve it from next to his bed. Shortly after [...]
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May 15, 2008
Before there were brothers
In the beginning, there was Baby Ian, born May 15, 1991. Happy 17th birthday, #1 son! Everyone who had a baby that year remembers the suffocating heat of the summer of 91. If your child had already been born, he or she went semi-naked for months. This, Ian, was your everyday outfit. Cloth diapers and [...]
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