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  1. ...use photos mixed w/boys' drawing for social stories (zine?). for letters, football clinic, idea that i didn't tell coach dad would help.
  2. post-shower notebook: a 'social story' for everett about not fearing ghosts using 'boggart' technique. 'letters to sgt daddy' for babble...
  3. @shetha @ethanpdx a. super cute outfit! b. I like #2 better but they're both awesome :)
  4. passive aggrressive tweet. passive aggressive tweet! PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE TWEET! stop f-ing volunteering, lady. (i am talking to me.)
  5. trying to explain to a non-mom how it is that i cannot possibly do something (volunteer!) without sounding bitchy or whiny. i think i failed
  6. @Niki oh, eek! Did you scream and goggle?
  7. new, at cafemama.com: performance vs. truth, adrienne rich, the four-year-old me.
  8. I wrote something about my period, twas better than I thought I could do. see what you think: antithesis to Old's poem. cafemama.com
  9. what I'm thinking about (a 3x5 tweet): husbands of the best friends, and perspective shift; embracing healthful doubt; my four-year-old self
  10. never did get that nap. still hoping, one day. nausea's gone and so are the possibilities. well. they wait, patient, or just too far away.
  11. the nausea. the weighing of options: not choices, but possibilities. not sure if I'm up for any of them. a nap, perhaps? funny mama.
  12. @AAKnopf poster of that great wild quote, please!
  13. @thatkristen we have the same husband!
  14. love the sweet mellow playlist Everett and I have cooked up to put him to sleep. takes two songs... but I keep listening... #sarasmiles
  15. husband's dad just called. first time I've ever (yes, ever) spoken to him. that was weird.
  16. @CherylStrayed @sshabein it's a lovely review and a lovely story in its own right. I'm sorry for your loss, Sara.
  17. @oleoptene oh, if we could break this enchantment. let me know if there is a special flower or period of silence that might help.
  18. ...my subject, 'is art worth the throwing over of the family?' finally answered by sight through my children's eyes. mother loves MAKES art.
  19. wrote an essay while I ran, stopped twice to scribble bites, make connections, can't wait to put it all in bits and bytes.
  20. @parenthacks e. went through a cursive phase, all self-directed. I love his handwriting now! utterly original.