After a very long hiatus from LJ, I remembered how to log back into my account!  I want to keep this going even if updates are few and far between.   I'm going to catch up on my old friends here and hope that everyone is well and look forward to the catching up.

We have kept up our family blog   .... There you will find many photos and tale of Kai, ( Read more... )

There are some things one can't post to one's baby blog.  Rage, for example.  Family reads the baby blog and they read it specifically for adorable photos and tales of baby happenings.  They do not want to hear that the mama has rage.  Fortunately, I remembered me live journal blog, neglected these last many months ( Read more... )

Our blog for pregnancy thoughts and updates is: www.selfnonself.com. Feel free to check it out anytime, and thank you so much for all of the kind messages and well wishes!!

After 12 years of marriage and at least 8 years of "consciously trying"... Dan and I are p-r-e-g-n-a-n-t. We hadn't started fertility treatments or adoption yet, but were due to pursue those this summer. We're ridiculously happy, and hoping this news reaches those who read these things- and finds you well- if we haven't already contacted you ( Read more... )

Tonight I had such a nice massage trade with Patti from class. It actually felt better giving than receiving and I've been bonkers with brain stream since she left. I should be studying. Instead I've been researching how bloody and horrid ancient Rome was, then learning that homosapien has been around for about 200,000 years, but has been ( Read more... )

idealism is hope that survives the day, that opens us and pours us forth into living vessels, renewed. it's an idea come forth through the process, surviving within the spirit. It's a kindess, a single dignity in each of us, an offering pushing through the daily grind. It covers quite a distance, that mires us in requirements we fulfill in daily ( Read more... )

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