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    happy, hopeful news

    April 11th, 2012 | motherhood | stacey | 2 Comments

    Whelp, apparently right around Asher’s first birthday, J and I lost our fool minds and thought, yeah, we can do this again . . .

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    sick kid, long week. also, coffee.

    January 29th, 2012 | motherhood, reflections | stacey | 6 Comments

    Mamas with oft-sick kiddos, I’m sorry. I had no idea what you deal with. You deserve some sort of medal. * * * Asher has been sick since last week — he had a cold which started out well enough last Friday. He was snotty and gross, but still played happily and was his smiley [...]

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    hard lesson #101: I can’t do it all

    January 23rd, 2012 | motherhood, reflections, work | stacey | 2 Comments

    But goodness, did it feel like I should be able to — especially at first. [Forgive me for this post — I'm trying to say what's on my heart while also being vague on the details, and that makes this whole thing a delicate little balancing act.] This week was tough. I experienced some client [...]

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    I miss the me-too’s

    January 9th, 2012 | motherhood, reflections, updates | stacey | 4 Comments

    I hate not blogging right now. I miss it, both as a means of reflection/memoir and as a means of connection to other like-minded types. It’s weird. So many people begin blogging once they start a family. My blog, begun in 2004, has been on life support ever since Ash was born (and let’s be honest, [...]

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    crawling

    December 26th, 2011 | motherhood | stacey | No Comments

    Our sweet boy is mobile! What a joy and relief. Because his feet were either in casts or attached to each other for the past 4 months, we knew that crawling would be delayed for Asher. We were prepared for it, but it was hard to watch Ash be so frustrated. It was like his [...]

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