Last night my mom and Ted’s parents were both at our house for dinner, seeing each other for the first time since our wedding, twelve years ago. Our families live on opposite sides of the country and they haven’t had many opportunities to visit one another during our marriage. After eating, we all hung out […]
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Look what love has done for our living room
May 5th, 2004 · Comments Off on Look what love has done for our living room
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The work of their hands
May 5th, 2004 · Comments Off on The work of their hands
My children call him A-yeh. He stands in our kitchen, wrapper in one hand, knife in the other. With rhythm he measures from the bowl a precise amount of meat, a pink mixture of pork and shrimp he carefully prepared with the cleaver, and then he works the thin skin around it, folding won-ton. Again […]
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A SOAPy boat
May 5th, 2004 · Comments Off on A SOAPy boat
Ted’s technical papers and printouts turned into girls’ origami…
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“…why people have more and more kids “
May 5th, 2004 · Comments Off on “…why people have more and more kids “
this seems even more appropriate to me after this morning’s news… Actor and father Hugh Jackman: “I see why people have more and more kids because it kind of brings out more of yourself. I imagine, every kid you have, it makes your capacity for love even greater,” he said. “When you fall in love […]
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Meatball Jumper
May 4th, 2004 · Comments Off on Meatball Jumper
….my new nickname from Michaela! I’m not sure where she cooked up this one(I haven’t jumped over any meatballs that I can recall), but this week she’s enjoying being a “comedienne”, a word her A-yeh taught her….
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