Author: She-nan-igans

The labor had been a long one. We were 27 hours in at the hospital, and the doctor had just come in and confirmed what he had suspected all along. A natural birth was not going to happen. In less than an hour we would be in the operating room for a cesarean section. I […]

The town bustled with activity. People came in cars and on bikes and on foot. They moved jovially about in search of a good time. Some of them lived inside the city and some on the outskirts of town. Visitors came through on their way to other places and often stopped for a meal or […]

He stood by me in the bathroom, sharing the mirror at 6:45 am. He was engrossed in combing his hair, the back of it sticking up like a rooster’s tail. He grumbled about the hair, using various products to try to get the unruly strands to just do what he wanted. When he was born […]

I went for a walk yesterday in the early evening hours. Since the time change a few weeks ago, we have light longer into the day. The temperature was in the 50’s, so with a jacket it was great walking weather. As I was getting my shoes, I hollered into the living room, “I’m going […]

Yesterday I found myself wandering the aisles at Home Depot, looking for a butane torch. Thomas had agreed to make me crème brulee, which is possibly one of my favorite desserts of all time. Earlier in the day he had baked a Chicago style deep dish pizza from scratch. He was in a real baking […]