Monthly Archives: October 2010

Achtung Baby

    In getting the house prepped for a baby I became mindful of dangers around the house.  I could see how outlets were the perfect size for tiny fingers and therefore covered them.  I understood that bottle caps could be unscrewed (generally by the gums) and the poisonous cleaning product contained, ingested; so I...

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Force of Nature

I am in love with this quote, which I found in a dear friend’s signature: “This is the true joy in life – being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; being a force of nature instead of a...

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Room 201

Press the red button; wait impatiently for the robotic voice; hear the piercing buzzing noise allowing you in; watch the large wooden doors bang open disturbingly loud; walk down the glossy hall; pass the grim-faced nurses; turn left; there, beyond the glass sliding doors, lay our once 6’1, 200 pound, larger than life Baba- with...

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Lending Libraries

 When I was twelve years old, we moved from a village in the country into a house in town. We lived right on the main street, which was called, surprise, surprise, Main Street! I was very happy to finally have a room of my own, and I was going to be allowed to walk to...

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Dear Mama

Dear Mama, I don’t know where to begin so I’ll start out with two simple words- thank you. Thank you for everything you have done from day one, as a wife and a mother. But specifically, thank you for your commitment to us during Ramadan. I recall the early mornings you would wake us up...

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