Learning a new thing is scary.

Posted on 01/24/2012 by Jenni Chiu

Learning a new thing is scary.

I sympathize…

I cry at milestones too.

 

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Shopping Cart Roller Derby

Posted on 01/23/2012 by Jenni Chiu

I white knuckled the handle.  He could tell I was slowing down.  I knew he could sense it. The anxiety was making me sweat.  I wanted desperately to speed up.  My internal speedometer told me I was going about 4 miles an hour… not good enough… I had to pick it up to 5 or all hell would break loose.  Read more...

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I was going to tell you a story…

Posted on 01/16/2012 by Jenni Chiu

I was going to tell you a story…

But I showered instead.

The four day old crust was begging to be sloughed off.

Then I was going to tell you a story again…

But I ate something.

I’ve learned to shove my face when I have any spare moment – a wild animal.  Read more...

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I cut the crust off.

Posted on 01/06/2012 by Jenni Chiu

He doesn’t know what Star Wars is, but he’s over the moon for his lunch box.

It was his first day at a new school – a montessori pre-school. We’ve made sacrifices so he could go to this school.  He deserves this school.  Read more...

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Stream of consciousness sum up – Happy New Year. I don’t have crabs.

Posted on 12/31/2011 by Jenni Chiu

Healed from split pubic bone…

just no galloping to the side.

New reflux baby started projectile vomiting.

Ultra sound for Pyloric Stenosis.

No surgery.

Raw vagina.

Burning vagina.

Doggie with a broken back –  Meds, confinement, meds confinement.

Preschooler with a chronic cough.

Husband with walking pneumonia.  Read more...

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37 years

Posted on 12/19/2011 by Jenni Chiu

37 years of treading.

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37 years of seeing.

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37 years of participating.

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32 years of being hard as a rock.

5 years of stretching, shrinking, and incubating.

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34 years of being barely there.

3 years of doing what they were made to do.  Read more...

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Posts of Christmas past.

Posted on 12/15/2011 by Jenni Chiu

Christmas is here again and I find the spirit of the holidays has been pushed aside by a colicky baby, a sick household, and packing up our lives for a big move two days after Christmas.

So, I needed a refresher.  I tried to recall last Christmas… but my sleep deprived brain is slow and squeaky lately.  Luckily, I have a blog… with archives.  Read more...

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Holiday comforts are the things that are not un-comforts… or something.

Posted on 12/13/2011 by Jenni Chiu

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