Archive for April, 2009
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Don’t Panic
Cali started climbing out of her crib this week. Dear Lord. Malakai started when he was nine months old so, the fact that Cali waited until she’s twenty-three months old is quite a gift. She’s climbed out two times this week, in the morning, getting up for the day.
This afternoon is the first time she [...]
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Monday, April 27th, 2009
Beautiful Duet
How have I been a singer for most of my life and never realized how closely singing duets resemble partner dancing or snowboard dance?
When it’s done right, it is so beautiful.
No Comments » - Posted in $.02 by jen
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Loved, You Are
During the summer of 1996, I was eighteen and decided to rebel against my conservative upbringing and get a tattoo. I had two cool stickers on the back window of my 1980 Ford Mustang, a butterfly and a lion. I wanted both as tattoos but decided to go with the butterfly as my first one. [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Love by jen
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
I’m Turning Japanese… Or Vegetarian
Since finishing my lunch thirty minutes ago, I’ve been humming that song, “Turning Japanese“, only I’ve changed the lyrics to “I’m turning veg-tarian. Yes, I’m turning veg-tarian. I really think so.” I know my year and a half year old, Cali (the only other person in the house) has no idea what I’m singing or [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Humor, Ramble by jen
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
To Cry Or Not To Cry?
Zoe has always been very sweet and tender. She’s very gentle and when she gets hurt, whether it’s physical or emotional, she is visibly crushed. When she gets physically hurt, she will scream the most shrilly cry imaginable. It’s extremely piercing to the ears. Taking her to get her immunizations usually leaves me wondering where [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Contemplating, Family, Love, Parenting by jen
Monday, April 13th, 2009
I Am Not Trash
“I’m sorry, I just got overwhelmed. No one tells you how hard this is all gonna to be. Marriage, being a parent: it’s the hardest job in the world and nobody prepares you for that. Nobody tells you how much you have to give up. I feel like I gave up so much. I’ve given [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Being a wife, Family, Hope, Love, Parenting, Personal by jen
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
All Apathy Aside
I first heard about Invisible Children (IC) in 2004. I was living in Alabama at the time and since this was a hometown, San Diego, organization, I thought that I could only help from afar, by word-of-mouth.
Living in Colorado, I first got involved with Invisible Children in April 2006. The event was called Global Night [...]
