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Reclaimed
I’m listening to music I haven’t listened to in about a year because it reminds me of someone I haven’t seen since, or spoken to really, and when I last saw her, we listened to these songs over and over driving down the highway and having adventures and magical conversations and then shutting up and being…
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Slideshow for the last few weeks
I haven’t written here in a while. I haven’t felt like sharing much. Maybe because the baby takes so much of me already, but it’s far less dramatic than that sounds. I’d gladly give it. I’m just staying quiet inside and don’t feel emotionally strong enough to delve into the goings on in myself or…
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Our sweet face
Last week, we got to see our baby’s sweet face. They spent most of the time on the heart – measuring chambers, listening to chambers, measuring valves, watching valves, it’s amazing what they can see on such a little thing. The baby last week was only 11 inches, how small is the heart of an…
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Belly progress: Weeks 19-23
Work, potato vine, TuneYards/Sylvan Esso concert, breakfast, Tula giving me the stink eye about how much her life is going to change.
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Spring cleaning
In the mornings, after I’ve just woken up, my belly is hard and pulsing. The baby likes the right side and curls there until I get up and gravity centers us again. The pulsing feels like a wound, when all the blood rushes to one place in your body and you’d swear your heart was…
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Chandelier
Not gonna lie, I was a little disappointed when I heard the new Sia song for the first time. I’ve been a fan of hers since Zero 7 and a lot of her early albums are moody, well-written and quietly blow you away. She’s got a voice, a really powerful voice, a voice you wouldn’t…
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Van Blankenwedding
So my brother’s hitched! This year our families got a wedding and a baby (baby to come), but I’d say we’re growing up, yeah? The wedding was May 3 in Los Angeles at Yamashiro restaurant, a small ceremony at the beautiful Japanese-inspired palace built by two German brothers, go figure, overlooking the Hollywood hills and…
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How many weeks does it take for your feet to come back?
Pat felt the baby for the first time last night. The past week, the kicks have been getting stronger. I’ve been feeling them more frequently. Over the weekend, we lay in bed and I put his fingers on my belly to see if he could feel it. No dice. But last night Baby O was…
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155 beats per minute
A dead cat lay on the sidewalk this morning, dangerously close to the street, not that it matters anymore. It’s body almost sunning itself and I would have believed that if it weren’t for the gaping, red mouth pulled unnaturally open, broken. Was it hit last night? This morning? The neighborhood on the other side…