I don’t believe that anything I’m going to write about here is unique to me. But I haven’t read a lot about it, which is why I want to write...
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Your Own Oxygen Mask
You know the maxim. Put your own mask on first. Often, though, that’s easier said than done. Because the other mask is needed so urgently, and so persistently, that it’s...
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Six Years Old
Happy Birthday, Baguette! No dancing on the table.
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Anatomy of a Birthday Weekend
Or, What We Did On Our Birthday Vacation Thursday (our birthday weekends start early, by necessity) Tour a school that we might want Baguette to attend next year. Decide that...
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Grown-Up Day
Last Friday was my birthday, but I didn’t really plan anything, so Mr. Sandwich and I took today off. Baguette stayed in day care, which means: GROWN-UP DAY!!! Which, naturally,...
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45 Good Things
My 45th birthday is coming up, and while I don’t think that 45 is any kind of a milestone at all, I wanted a way to mark the occasion. So...
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“Happy Birthday, Daddy”
That’s what Baguette whispered to Mr. Sandwich this morning. Here’s how he’s spending the day.
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Happy Birthday, MTV. You Murderer.
Forty-two Thirty-two (I really should check my math more carefully) years ago today, MTV was born. I first encountered it in 1983, when we moved to Texas. We didn’t have...
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Happy 3rd Birthday, Baguette!
Three years ago, a little girl entered our lives and changed our world forever.
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Traditions: Chinese Food
Yesterday was my mom’s birthday. She would have been 75. She should be 75. She should be here to see Baguette grow, and hear stories about what we’re doing, and...