Monthly Archives: July 2010
Travel Experiment
So I’m currently on a plane, traveling alone with K. While she’s been on many a plane previously (6 to be exact), this is the first time I’m trying to do it solo. Read the rest of this entry
Our Story: Baby Girl – Epilogue
I lied. I said it was a four-part series, but it turns out I have one more post to write. I had planned to append this to the fourth post, but it seemed out of place, so I’m giving it a short post all its own.
Our Story: Baby Girl – Part 4
This is part four in a four-plus-part series on Baby Girl. To start at the beginning, click here. This one has the silver lining – I promise.
In the 1950s, Edward R. Murrow hosted a radio series entitled, “This I Believe,” a series of essays by famous, infamous and common people about the “guiding principles by which they lived their life.” In 2004, the series was revived, and from 2005-2009, essays were regularly aired on National Public Radio. While they are no longer aired on NPR, essays are still accepted and broadcast on The Bob Edwards Show and in podcasts.
I’ve always been fascinated by the This I Believe series, in the same way that I love the StoryCorps series that still runs on NPR. But until this event, I didn’t feel I had a driving event that compelled me to encapsulate any of my beliefs.
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Our Story: Baby Girl – Part 3
This is part three in a four (plus)-part story about Baby Girl. This post will be the most politically charged, so please proceed with caution. Feel free to skip it if you prefer. Read the rest of this entry
Our Story: Baby Girl – Part 1
Let me preface this by saying this is an intensely personal story about an extremely explosive topic. I’m not trying to pick a fight. I’m not even really trying to make a political statement, though I recognize that it may be taken that way. I am certainly not trying to offend anyone. I just want to add our story to a discussion that’s recently been sparked by one family’s story. It’s a long story, so I’ll detail it in a short series. Read the rest of this entry
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Sh*t Storm: Noun
From Merriam-Webster Online:
Main Entry: 1shit
Pronunciation: \ˈshit, interjectionally also ˈshē-ət\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English *shit, from Old English scite; akin to Old English -scītan to defecate
Date: circa 1526
1 usually vulgar : feces
Main Entry: 1storm
Pronunciation: \ˈstȯrm\
Function: noun
5b : a sudden heavy influx or onset
