Ideas and Babies By Yael Daphna Saar Before Ideas like babies wake me up demanding my attention in the middle of the night I am not complaining I sleep with a notebook under my pillow to catch my drips The dark circles under my eyes are a small price for the twinkle they sparkle After Babies wake…
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So this post is about procrastination, and facebook, and talking to my inner voices, and as always, validation. But first let’s digress a tad. Much that needed to happen this week didn’t even begin to happen (what was I thinking, that the 10 days with the folks visiting from the other side of the ocean,…
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What was I thinking, giving my 6 -year old a piggyback ride on our way back to the car from trick or treati’n in a neighborhood called, of all things, Fall Creek? While wearing Danskos?!? Did I mentioned I hate Halloween? The whole graveyard chic and the cheep costumes (cause that’s what the kid wanted, and…
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What do you pack for an UnGuilt trip? my very-partial list, in no particular order: my hot-pink mouse-ears fleece hat miss-matched socks matches a magnifying glass a compilation of my favorite Ani Difranco’s songs (Shameless!!) patience love humor: the self-deprecating kind (not to be confused with cynicism) works well, but silliness is even more effective…
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After a great first meeting, and lots of positive community response, I’ve decided to take the plunge and actually pay for web-hosting. So now we have a big-girl website, with our very own domain name (got to love WordPress, but don’t have to have these words in our web address, right?), and a mailing list sign…
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5 minutes, 20 slides, a big room full of strangers and video cameras. I was shaking in my pants and had a quiver in my voice while I spoke about my quest to remove shame and guilt from the mothering experience. The crowd at Ignite Ithaca 2* was really supportive, I got hugs and encouragement…
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