Nothing impinges on a woman’s right to vote like having to drag three small children - children who run in three separate directions, children who chew and grab and climb on everything that is not super-glued down, children who grab each other’s hair, who express their anger at having their hair grabbed by returning the favor or […]

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One of my favorite things to do every year is to go apple picking. The area we live in is ripe with orchards and farm stands. Fields of pumpkins abound. Davey has already had a school field trip to an orchard but we’d yet to go as a family. Today was a perfect day for […]

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Dex and I have been talking, quite seriously, about moving for at least 4-1/2 years now. It’s a long story, but it comes down to several key things: climate/weather, living expense, and distance from extended family - especially now that we have kids. Neither of us are from New England and - though I always […]

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Tonight as I prepare for my night’s slumber, I am hoping that the shrill beep of the phantom alarm that plagued us last night does not return. There I was last night, the sole conscious person in a quiet house, relaxing and surfing the net on my wireless laptop when BEEP BEEP BEEP pierced the night. […]

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Just for the public record, my twice-weekly “day” without the girls (and the boys), while absolutely critical to my sense of Self and well-being, and while received gratefully and relished selfishly, consists of 5.5 hours.
I am trying like hell to reserve those 11 hours per week for my art & writing - for MY work […]

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I have to leave in 16 minutes. I eyeball the clock on the monitor and quickly calculate how long I can sit here and what more I can get done before I have to dash out the door, cursing myself for not leaving three minutes earlier.
I’m greedy with my time.
I can’t help it. Minutes slip […]

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Pictures from Sunday’s Buddy Walk for Down Syndrome Awareness.

The large stream of walkers starting on their way.
 
We walked the entire circumference of Lake Quannapowitt. The line of blue shirts extended as far as we could see.

A pair of Buddy Dogs, getting in the spirit.

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Yesterday, we participated in the 11th annual Buddy Walk for the Mass. Down Syndrome Congress. And today, we are all exhausted. It was a fun afternoon and I am so glad we went. The skies were gray and cloudy but the rain held off. Before the walk, we let the kids play on the playground […]

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It is 10:11 a.m. on a Saturday morning. I have been up since just before 7:00 - actually I was half-awake for awhile due to Jules wriggling beside me in bed. I tried to sleep through her thrashing but she finally won out. And now, after 3 hours and change of doing the mommy thing […]

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Wishing my big bro a happy birthday on this gorgeous autumn day!

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