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Its been a while since I have been able to write.  My intention is to put out a weekly update, but sometimes that is just not possible.  At least this time, my excuse is we were having too much fun.  Believe it or not, the Oakland public schools were closed last Thursday for Cesar Chavez day.  To … [Read more...] about A week of lots of ups… and just one down

This past week started off like a dream!  For the first time since Irene entered kindergarten, I was able to volunteer in her class.  Irene has a wonderful teacher, Mr. Thompson, who really is able to engage, entertain and educate a room full of unruly kindergartners (with Irene as one of the ring … [Read more...] about A remarkable – if rainy – week

Wow.  6 months have passed since Sam was born.  It is so hard to believe.  In one way, this has been the longest 6 months of my life, and in another it has gone by so fast.  I can't believe that just 6 months ago I was lying in Room 8 of L&D, enduring my 6th day of trendelenburg and watching … [Read more...] about Hard to believe… but Sam is 6 months old

This week has been a bit better ending on a mix of the highest high and the lowest low... Most of the week has been consumed with my looming return to work date of April 4.  It is so hard for me to believe that I have been off work for a little over 6 months.  In the normal birth world, 6 months … [Read more...] about The pity party is still in effect