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On our way to Chicago for her 12 month assessment. When I was little I was pretty sure I’d be on tv one day. My cousin Gina and I used to watch Adventures in Babysitting on the VCR and rewind the opening montage over and over again, jumping from the couch to the carpet, couch to the carpet, twirling around the room and wishing for the love of anything that my hair could hold a crimp. We also were pretty good at inserting ourselves into The Little Mermaid, Labrynth, and the Le

She's so small. That was my first thought when I first saw Marian, like a miniature porcelain doll. At Marian's early well baby visits her weight gain left something to be desired. It took her several weeks to hit 7 pounds and at Thanksgiving, when she was three months old, she only weighed 8 pounds. Marian on Thanksgiving weekend, weighing in at 8 lbs At Marian's 6 month visit she wasn't sitting up. The doctor pulled her from laying down to sitting and her head lag was appro

Well, it happened. I cried in public. The worst. I last cried in public seven years ago and still cringe when I think of it. Albeit that time, it was at work, in open court, in a two month sex abuse trial, the judge called me over when I started crying and as I walked back my coworker ran up to tell me I had a hole in the back of my pants and she could see my underwear. That time was worse. However, this time I brought my teary eyes all over the hotel - to the country club st

Some adorable and dearly loved friends, not from The Hunger Games. The title of this post is from The Hunger Games, I read all three books and saw three of the four movies. You have to draw the line somewhere and I just could not see the last movie. Phillip Seymour Hoffman wasn't even alive anymore when they filmed it for goodness sakes. In The Hunger Games, that line is said as a little cruel punch in the gut to the people whose fate hangs in the balance. Including those who

When I was little my best friend Ashley and I used the same after school babysitter. In second and third grade we would wait in the elementary school circle driveway waiting for her to come get us. Sometimes she would be late. I would turn to Ashley and nervously ask, "what if she doesn't come?" Answer, "she will." I'd wait five more minutes and then ask, "but if she doesn't come, what will we do?" Answer, "she's going to come." This wasn't exactly highly reassuring to a seco