Pandemic Landscape
Yesterday I went into my closed library at the ghost town of City Hall. I was picking up my laptop for the telecommuting ahead. In all...
Writing from the Heart in Texas
Yesterday I went into my closed library at the ghost town of City Hall. I was picking up my laptop for the telecommuting ahead. In all...
Last Sunday Cormac came down with what seemed initially like a benign cold but an urgent care and 3 pediatrician appointments later, he...
I am making concerted efforts these days to stay connected to the Cate I was before I began growing with Cormac. It feels like all my...
I am learning like lightning these days. Learning to loosen my grip on the perfect moments that are moving like a swift current and...
We both warned each other of our fatigue and poor training habits before heading out the door for a run together. Heading for trails when...
In this selfie, taken one year ago today, I can see the fatigue and nausea in my face. It is, in some ways, the last picture of Matt and...
When I was pregnant with Cormac, but before I had told many people, I swam a mile alongside a Barton swimmer friend named Jamie Tout. I...
T W E L V E years. Of all the things people told me, during this time that seems to welcome personal shares, I have to say that one thing...
Matt's parents made a point to send us out for evening while they are in town visiting. With our anniversary next week, we decided we...
Our first night home from the hospital we tried to split up the night into a bit of a care plan. Between an overnight labor process and...
They tell me it's hormones but how could one not feel an emotional engorgement about being acutely aware of the passage of time? When the...
I am not one of those women who grew up with a deep and longsuffering desire to become a mother. It wasn't something I felt entirely...
Leading up to Cormac's birth, I was beginning to see the impending "labor and delivery" event much like an upcoming race but one that...
They tell me it's been 32 weeks. It seems that is roughly the amount of growth and time it takes for me to not startle when I catch a...
Living in a place with such mild, subtle shoulder seasons can sometimes make you forget which time of year you are approaching. This...
Spent the better part of my day at an impressively overwhelming Labor and Delivery course offered at my clinic. Of course there were many...
It was a particularly humbling week athletically for me. So when I saw my friend Barak (capless on my right) already midway through his...