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New Hobbies
The melancholy in Nichole’s recent post resonated with me, and when I saw her list of ways to care for herself, I started to get excited. Knit a cowl? Great idea! I started looking into classes about how to knit a cowl.When I told Matt about it, he reminded me that I also wanted to get back into tennis. I had the idea that I could try to gather five or so folks from my neighborhood and hire a tennis coach to give us lessons once a week at the park in our neighborhood.I’ve been so focused on “making a clearing” in my life that I haven’t made… Read More -
Movie Recommendation
Matt and I finally(!) watched a movie together this Saturday night. Don’t be too impressed; it wasn’t a “date” or anything that exciting. It was just the two of us in our bed with Netflix, but, hey, when you work all the time, this kind of thing is a step forward!I always have trouble finding good movies on Netflix for some reason. I clicked on a movie called Thanks for Sharing, and I almost stopped it five minutes into it. However, I’m so glad I persevered. It is a movie about sex addiction, and I appreciated it on so many different levels. First, I really liked the characters.… Read More -
To All the Mamas
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I had a chance to reconnect with an old friend this past weekend. She’s a very special friend, indeed. We met during prenatal yoga. Our babies were due within a day of each other. We didn’t really become good friends until after our babies were born (hers was early; mine was late), and another mom from our prenatal class suggested that we all get together. I remember that they had gone for a walk together, and then we all met at a coffee shop (I had to skip the walk because I was still bleeding too much). I soaked up every ounce of our conversation. I didn’t even realize how
