I’m sick and tired.  Really.  I have a cold and I can tell it’s going to get ugly.  It’s strange; we weren’t sick much at all until the bleed, and now this is, what, my third cold this year?  For a while I hadn’t any at all.  What’s different, and how do I fix whatever [...]

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We all woke up too early, and smiles came only reluctantly. By mid-morning C&D complained and whined upstairs while I worried about an odor that burned the insides of my nostrils as I rushed back and forth through the hallway. I held my nose over the diaper pail, the bathroom rug, the shoe [...]

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It’s good to try. Sometimes it’s good to try hard. Sometimes, though, I try too hard, and for no good reason.
I remember lying in my hospital bed in the ICU, struggling hard to explain MLK Day to Dr. Chen three nights after my surgery (after asking me for the day, he asked [...]

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They not only put their shoes on, but they even got them on the right feet. Wherever they want to go, how can I tell them no?

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My mother today delivered Easter baskets to C&D from their great-grandmother. The baskets gave C&D their first opportunities to discover the surprise–and sugar-buzz joy–of refined sugar.

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Did you hear? The U.S. Mint has given up on the golden Sacagawea dollars first released in 2000. They haven’t given up on the concept of a dollar coin, however. Instead, they’re hoping that in 2007 we’ll happily use their new dollar coins, decorated with pictures of dead presidents on them.
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The babes are outside with Matt taking a bath. When he poured in the hot water, he hadn’t yet added enough cold, so the water was very warm. Carmen stuck her hand in, signed hot and said “haaaaaah,” and then blew out of her mouth, pfooooh, indicating I should blow on it to [...]

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