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Christmas in the Cackalackey
Sometimes the spirit moves you slowly. In years past the Christmas spirit has crept in on little cat feet like Carl Sandburg’s Fog. Christmas usually comes in slowly. This weekend it was unseasonably...
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I’ll stop the world and melt with you…
It is hard to know if things are moving too fast or if they are moving just right. Walking through the store today with Emily I imagined the day when we play Santa together. She mentioned the other...
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GTFO, Sad!
Sometimes I feel inside out. Like the parts that are supposed to be on the inside are on the outside. When I was 18 I got the cartilage in my ear pierced and it didn’t hurt when the needle went...
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True Love
When I first met my husband he gave me a little spring in my step. He was hot. He was 25. I was a mom. I was 32. He liked me. He like liked me. It made me feel a little extra sassy. Mama’s...
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I have two daughters. I just realized that today.
I have fallen in love quite a few times. I love to fall in love. My heart beats fast and my arms go numb. Falling in love is exhilarating. Falling in love happens long before loving someone. When...
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We are four.
“A table for four?” the hostess asks me. More than a decade in the restaurant business and I can not resist the urge to smile and say “Three and a half!” while gesturing to the baby. It’s not...
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The Point
There are milestones in a child’s life. If you are not careful they slip right by and you don’t even notice them. Yesterday in the car Em was making Lucy giggle and she suddenly shrieked “Mom!!!...
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Do you believe in Magic?
We had tickets for the 7 o’clock train at the museum. Through the woods we would ride, woods filled with magical twinkling lights. We would drink hot cocoa and use candy canes as swizzle sticks. We...
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Bruiser
Little bitty kids have little bitty problems. It stands to reason that the bigger a kid gets the bigger their problems get. The cooties a kid catches in elementary school become broken hearts. The...
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Holidaze
It started last Sunday at church. We had a cookie and a glass of wine as part of the Winter Solstice ceremony. The cookie was a gingerbread person. But when you held it upside down it looked like an...
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Dear Universe, You can suck it. Love, Kelly
I don’t remember getting an email notification that the Universe started following my blog. But that is the only possible explanation. Because it happens without fail. I say it out loud, that...
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Remember that New Year’s Eve we all puked?
I used to wear leather pants on New Year’s Eve. I curled my hair. I wore excessive amounts of black eyeliner and a WonderBra. I have always liked New Year’s Eve. Even as a bartender I didn’t mind it....
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The Mom who Cried…
Is it Wolf? Are you crying Wolf when you take your kid to the doctor and they miraculously feel better the moment you get there? I guess I cried “Possibly More Than a Chest Cold?” Or maybe I didn’t...
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I gotta be cleeeean!!
I have jars all over my kitchen with gross stuff in them. Three jars of kefir right now are growing on top of my fridge. Two large jars of kombucha scobys are sleeping peacefully in my cabinets. I...
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In Flight Meal
We are sitting at the airport. Em is eating some fruit salad. She is licking the fork. Lucy is nursing in my lap at the Starbucks inside the terminal. “Mom, does that ever embarrass you?” “What?” “You...
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The Book of Truth?
Emily brings home a book every day. On Tuesday afternoon I was fit to be tied midway through homework time. I was in a mood. Stomping. A little light swearing. She handed me the book she had chosen...
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How to take the Baby out to Dinner
Taking your kids out to eat in a restaurant can be daunting. It is a crapshoot. Will they behave? Will they get restless? Will my food come out in less than seven minutes? There are a lot of...
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Lucy Goose is ONE!
Dear Lucy, Last year I wasn’t sure if it would be possible to love a baby as much as I loved your big sister. Lucky for you – you turned out to be a Lucy, not just a baby. And in one short year my...
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And Then We Were Four: Part One
Reblogged from Excitement on the side: On Thursday morning at 9:45 I wrote on the Excitement on the Side facebook page. "is going out in to the world. Because nothing funny happens to you while you...
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The Ongoing Saga of My Innards or Five Fun Facts about My New IUD
You havent heard enough about my innards, have you? When I showed you a picture of my IUD moments after it was removed, that wasn’t enough. When I took a picture of the view from my colposcopy I know...
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