Explaining Easter for Lydia, my three-year-oldImagine your marshmallow Peeps devouredby your brother without one lick of sticky sweetness, giant chocolate rabbit melted in the sun. Even your mother and father—those great false gods—have eaten every jelly bean.You hold your basket, empty.This is how Good Friday feels, waitingto be taken to the playground all day, thenrain,ContinueContinue reading “Explaining Easter”
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Mama and Papa Bear vs. Parents of Three-Year-Olds
I’ve heard other women talk many times about when their kid has been slighted, or insulted, or teased, or ignored and their reactions to it, but I’ve never really related. Until now.Out of the blue the other night during dinner, Elvis said, “My friends say I’m not growing.” It’s true that Elvis is the smallestContinueContinue reading “Mama and Papa Bear vs. Parents of Three-Year-Olds”
Evening Routine
A few weeks ago, I realized my quality time with my kids has been looking something like this:”Go play in the basement while I make dinner.””Eat your dinner!” “Eat it!” “Eat the rest!””You guys want to watch a show?””Okay, bedtime. Quick, pick a short story. Now sleep.”It would be easy to blame first trimester symptomsContinueContinue reading “Evening Routine”
Twelve Apples and a Blog
Twelve shiny, locally grown apples are sitting on my kitchen counter ten feet away next to the cutting board, apple corer, slow cooker and paring knife. Fortunately, they are all inanimate objects who can only beckon with their glaring presence. But I have a hot cup of apple cider, James Taylor Pandora Radio, and aContinueContinue reading “Twelve Apples and a Blog”
Lifestyle Changes
This fall, I am doing this crazy thing: I am taking off every Friday. That’s right people, four-day work week until 2011. There are two huge payoffs to this schedule. First, the work week is packed, and I mean PACKED, with stuff to do. I’m not really one to sit around waiting for someone toContinueContinue reading “Lifestyle Changes”
Work in Progress
Here’s something new I’ve been toying with. I think maybe the title is too heavy for the poem, but the previous title was “In the Woods,” and that wasn’t enough. I hate titles. Can I be Emily Dickinson and rely on the first line of each poem as the title? When I am dead andContinueContinue reading “Work in Progress”
Baby Spoons and the Crust
A lot of thought-provokers happened today during my 30-minute lunch break, and I can’t help but take a few minutes to reflect on them here before settling in with transcripts and info sheets and all of the other important tasks I have to do. Are kids you know picky about sandwich crusts? Lydia is. UnlessContinueContinue reading “Baby Spoons and the Crust”
The Explanation
The ExplanationThe baby that used to bein mommy’s bellyis in heaven nowwith Tex and Great Pop.Heaven is far away,beyond the clouds and sky,even farther than the moonand sun and stars. Godis in heaven, too, and Jesus,who loves the little babies.He lets them snugglein his arms the way I dowith you at night,when we read ourContinueContinue reading “The Explanation”
Elasticity is Heaven
This weekend, I swapped out my winter clothes and the majority of my pants for the bin of maternity clothes. Hello, elastic waistbands! I am twelve weeks along now. It was nice to read on babycenter.com that many women, especially women who have been pregnant before, are likely to be wearing maternity clothes already. I’mContinueContinue reading “Elasticity is Heaven”
Size Six…
Buying size six pants for the first time since college is a sure sign that, this month, you are sure to become pregnant. It is inevitable–that kind of purchase and that kind of regimented diet and exercise are just the sort of thing easily laughed at in the face of pregnancy.So rather than succumb toContinueContinue reading “Size Six…”
Sarah Marie Wells 