Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
posted by K | filed under Family & Friends, Misfortune | 6 Comments
When I was a kid, if I couldn’t fall asleep at night, I had a trick. I knew crying made me tired, so I would think of my grandfather, my Papaw, and every time, it would make me cry, and I would fall asleep with tears on my pillow, his face in my head. […]
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
posted by K | filed under Adoption, Outdoors | 1 Comment
As he was leaving for work yesterday, D noticed a baby bird trapped between the upper and lower sashes of the workshop window, where it is half open to accommodate a window-unit air conditioner. The bird’s parents were flying frantically around the outside of the window, chirping at their trapped fledgling, as he chirped […]
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
posted by K | filed under Ooh, Pretty! | 1 Comment
Three years ago (wow, has it really been that long?) I lost about 30 pounds. Over time, I gained back 10 of them and held there for two years until about a month ago, when I decided it was about time to take some more off. This sudden burst of motivation was mostly due […]
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
posted by K | filed under Adoption | 9 Comments
It seems impossible to get attached to a person you’ve never met, and yet I apparently have an unlimited capacity for it. Last week, we heard about a little boy whose parents were choosing to place him for adoption. We considered the vague facts we were given and decided we would like to have […]








