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Monthly Archives: January 2006

Rediscovering The Art Of Passing Time Gently

Thursday, January 12, 2006

During this strange phase where I’m healing and not very mobile, it seems like a good time to keep myself distracted, to keep my brain busy. While I was in the hospital friends and family brought me some magazines and DVDs, which helped. But I’ve sought out a few more distractions, ones that are, [...]

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The Ridiculousness Of Perspective

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Everything is moving too quickly. The funeral home just called. Felix’s remains are…ready. For us to pick up. And then what? What do we do with his ashes? When I was still in the hospital it felt like life was somehow on hold. Now it’s all full steam ahead, but everything is off-kilter. My [...]

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The Heart Of A Broken Story

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Sunday was the most surreal of my days in the hospital. The c-section was originally scheduled for 7:30am, but was bumped up to 9:30am. There was some waiting in the morning that felt like a lifetime. Eventually I was prepped and talked things over with the anesthesiologist. I had the option of being completely [...]

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The Intrusion Of Reality In My Fiction

Sunday, January 8, 2006

When we first confirmed this pregnancy I worried that we might have this sort of outcome, after what had happened last time. And because I am a worrier. But I tried to push away any misgivings, and, for the most part, allowed myself to become ridiculously excited by the prospect of new baby smell. [...]

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This Is What “High Risk” Is All About

Saturday, January 7, 2006

I’m writing this from the hospital. Oddly enough, the maternity ward has a free wireless network, and I happened to bring my laptop with me to work yesterday morning. The day started well enough, but around lunchtime I began to notice that I wasn’t noticing baby Felix moving. By afternoon I was in a panic. [...]

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As We Live A Life Of Ease

Thursday, January 5, 2006

For the past three days the little man has been persistent in his insistence…that I play Yellow Submarine, on repeat, whenever we are in the car together. Our daily commute isn’t a short one. I fear his Beatlemania is further hastening my descent into complete madness.
In other news, I’ve been thinking…it would be [...]

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At War With The Mystics

Wednesday, January 4, 2006

Today I have reached week 28 of this pregnancy. And since it’s ending early, that makes for only nine more weeks to go. Yikes. Time to kick it into high gear, I guess. Unfortunately I don’t have a very strong nesting instinct. I do have a strong resting instinct instead. Still, I’ve made some [...]

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The Karma Payment Plan

Monday, January 2, 2006

We’ve had a quiet start to this new year, and that’s all right. On Friday Zophia and I got together for lunch, and to exchange our holiday gifts. She came through with some sweet ones, as usual, including the Super Frog (below) for the little man, and a cool Lego pirate ship. For me, [...]

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