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July 20, 2010
23:00
i know we’ll be fine if we learn to love the ride
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i remember that 14 months was hard, and then 2 years old was hard. but by crikey, 3 is harder than them all! the twinkle is “spirited”. she’s “a challenge”. she’s “making mistakes and learning from them”. there have been days recently when i have been reduced to tears – once in public in front [...]
April 28, 2010
21:59
c’mon join the joyride
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i am trying to get my shit together to start posting again. i want to keep writing this blog but i lost my momentum and have found it hard to start again without filling in the massive gaps. as i said to my clever friend kasey tonight, sometimes i wish i were mia freedman and [...]
March 21, 2010
21:30
if you had peeked into our bathroom ...
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if you had peeked into our bathroom about 7pm tonight you would have found the twinkle in the bath with her “skateboard” (scooter), calling it alicia and insisting that we call her kayka (tayla). you would have heard her say to me “hey boh-yo (jojo), where’s war-ya (laura)?” jojo and laura are the staff in [...]
February 18, 2010
14:20
when i get home to you
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when we did get around to changing our birth certificate it was lots of fun to do it with the pea green boat girls and the baybeasts and the pbx crew. later that day the “daily hyphen” newspaper called me because of my volunteer work for a comment on the implementation of the legislation. i [...]
14:04
such a lovely place
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it’s been such a busy couple of months over christmas and new year and holidays and midsumma. finally, we have a weekend with no plans. naaaaaaace. the twinkle started at a new baby factory this week and has been remarkably resilient through the change. she’s also changed from two days per week to three (as [...]