Family.
Yesterday, I attended a visitation of an extended family member. He was young — 24. While I had never met him, we’re in frequent contact with his grandfather and we […]
Month: March 2014
My First Letter.
I’ve thought about how I’d start this hundreds of times. I considered settling on, Hi, Baby. Or, Dear, Babe. Or, just, FOH. But all those seemed … too unnatural. So […]
Four.
I still find it (practically} inconceivable that this Babe is set to arrive in four weeks. I know, I say that every single week. I totally do. It feels especially mind trippy […]
On Poverty.
Allow me to preface with: I’m no expert here on poverty and I’m not going to even try to pretend I am. I don’t hold any fancy degree on it. […]
Me — The Parent.
One of the many other changes I’ve been attempting to wrap my mind around while preg has been: Me, as a parent. Considering I still don’t even feel like a real, […]
Strange, My Stomach.
People. I cannot even tell you how strange it is to now have a stomach … this full fledged belly. Where my shirt rides up and my pants are sometimes falling […]
Let Go.
When I went to visit Maman last month, we drove by the Arlington Metaphysical Church. Naturally, I slammed on the brakes and pulled in {yes, I brake for metaphysical}. I […]
Too Much.
Sometimes, life just feels too much in general. Do you ever feel that way? Today is one of those days. It is hard and all sorts of challenging. This is […]
From 5 To 35.
People. We’re down to the single digits here. One hand counting, if you will. I’m still secretly freaking out on the inside. It’s that damn Unknown again. It’s thoughts and […]
World Water Day.
Not like I’m an activist of any sort. Though I’d like to be. But given that I spend most of my days in bed for as long as possible lately […]