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So cute my teeth ache! Every day I seem to get more enamored with paper crafts.
DIY 4th of July! | Twig & Thistle

So cute my teeth ache! Every day I seem to get more enamored with paper crafts.

DIY 4th of July! | Twig & Thistle

What Pixar's Up Understands About Grief

There are some spoilers here, but only of the first five minutes of the film. But the author of the piece is completely accurate about how poignantly this “children’s movie” deals with the subject of loss and grief.

Swedish parents keep 2-year-old's gender secret

I understand the motivation here, but this is soooo misguided.

Found via Double X

Year Two: Part 1


At some point, she said, Momma.

I say that as though I don’t know exactly when it happened. As though I I hadn’t been waiting for that moment since I first peed on a digital stick…

Year 2: Part 2


And now the part, where I sound like I’m bragging

With the verbal leap has come a shocking intellectual one. Shocking to me, because I not one of those Alpha Moms who reads chapter…

Year 2: Part 3


Lastly, Me

The nature of who I am means that my mind is always thrust between intangible times: pasts and fantasy futures. Now, is only important in how it relates to before. I am not a…

I Was Not Michael Jackson

A beautiful essay (a memoir of sorts) that does not end where one might predict.

Tap, tap. Is this thing on?


Wow. Things have been eerily quiet around here for quite a while. I hope to correct that soon. The “baby” is rapidly approaching 2-years-old. Maybe I should tell you what she’s been up to. And…

Printable 4th of July Celebration by PartiesByHardie on Etsy

So I know I have a bad habit now of posting links to almost every new set the Parties by Hardie puts out, but… just look at this set! Why don’t I have a great yard so I can throw a righteous barbecue?!