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There was a great story on this lady who is, like me, a fierce deaf lipreader and she wrote about what a great equalizer Facebook has been for her. That it allows her to participate in ways she’d never be able to, in real life. (the story is here) I couldn’t agree more with everything [...]
Mack was crying. Moxie chimed in, bellowing full force. Mikey turned to me, raised his eyebrow (just one, which is impossible for me to do) and wryly asked if we should somehow get Micah to cry too, so you know, we’d have all 3 going at the same time. I facepalm-laughed. *** It’s all the [...]
I had just finished changing Mack’s diaper and I was nursing him. Micah and Moxie had been watching a show on Netflix. There was a…stillness in the air. Since I am deaf, it’s the stillness that I rely on with Moxie – not the sounds per se. It’s the vibration in the air, and trust [...]
Today is my birthday and I am 40. I’ve heard people say now that 40 is the new 30, but I think that’s kind of a crock o’ crap. 40 is not the new 30. 40 is 40. 40 feels old to me. It feels like it needs to wear responsible pants and sturdy, sensible [...]
You know, everyone except Mack had or will have a birthday in the first two weeks of May. In light of that, and of leaving soon for the Pan Am Overland, we thought we’d go all out and have a party. We just don’t do that sort of thing normally. We are ridiculously introverted and [...]
This is what I posted on this day last year. I think it still applies. She is one year older – three! – but it holds true. Tomorrow will be a celebration post. ******* Today she is two. Moxie Eleanor Enfys Xuan Mai: Moxie. “Shining Light”. Moxie, “Rainbow”. Moxie, “Plum Blossom”. This time, two [...]
I’ve been using just my iphone 4 and Picasa for ever on this blog. It was okay but Picasa started crashing on me and acting like a woman with hormones gone rampant. Like a true former missionary child, I took this as a SIGN FROM GOD to get my slack-assed act together and learn Lightroom. [...]
Micah, the other day you turned to me and said, “Mommy! My name has 5 letters in it! M-I-C-A-H has 5 letters!” I told you that that was so cool because you are turning 5 years old, too. 5 years old and 5 letters in your name. Wow. That doesn’t happen often. M-I-C-A-H. M-I-C, from [...]
Making a big life change is pretty scary. But you know what’s even scarier? Regret. Pan Am Overland, baby. It’s one freakin’ huge, gigantic, colossal, enormous (help me out here: more adjectives for “big” please)____________ change. It’s change on a level that is enough to send most people to therapy which is why I suppose [...]
Sigh. I hate this post. I guess I’ve been putting it off because I don’t want to admit that it’s real. But it’s real all right. See Moxie’s left eye there? It’s slowly been moving in. The eye has been turning in. Little by little. Well, we finally went in to get it looked at. [...]
