I stood at my living room window this morning looking at the changing colors on the leaves. After a couple months of uncomfortably high temperatures, at least in our apartment, the weather is finally the way I love it – cool and crisp. Even though you know the seasons you love will eventually arrive, sometimes, [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Personal reflections’
August 28, 2009
Still here . . .
No sign of the baby yet, but for whatever reason, I’m totally fine with that right now. My calendar has been intentionally left as clear as possible in the final week approaching my due date (Sept. 6), and as I’ve finished most of the meals I wanted to prepare before the baby gets here, I [...]
August 10, 2009
How much is a life worth?
My husband and I recently watched The Soloist, a drama starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey, Jr. that told the story of an LA Times reporter who tries to help a homeless musician who once played at Julliard. The themes to me, at least, weren’t new – they talked about the frustrations one can feel [...]
July 14, 2009
Pregnancy update: 32 weeks . . . I think
Maybe it’s having a toddler around the house, or the 96 degree temperatures we had inside our apartment today, or a combination of both, but I’m starting to lose track of what week of pregnancy I’m in. It doesn’t really matter, though . . . all that does matter is that I’m definitely at that [...]
July 5, 2009
A healthy dose of perspective
On Saturdays, my husband will often watch our son while I take a few hours out for “Me time.” This past Saturday, I was at the bookstore and browsing a book where there was a story of a man who gave another struggling young man a healthy dose of “perspective” that got him back on [...]
