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Amanda
My son turned 5 a few weeks ago. It has been a exciting year of milestones rarely commented on by parenting books, blogs, or otherwise. He is growing into himself and showing the glimmers of... More »
Amanda
My son burst into spontaneous dance the other day....
Amanda
As a mother of pre-schoolers I am constantly finding myself looking for new ways to say "no." Distraction works well, although at 4 1/2, my son is pretty wise to that trick. As this long,... More »
Amanda
Where is the place in this world for the dirty kids? The got-dressed-by-myself kids? The snowboots-in-July kids? The place where rooster-tail hair and sticky piggy-tails cause no comment? Where hand-print smeared jeans and frayed shirt sleeves are as... More »
Amanda
when I held you in that happiest space inside the bend of my arm the rain slowed to beat with my heart and I marvelled at your perfectness a silver moon slipped through the clouds and danced across... More »
Amanda
My son sang Happy Birthday to me when he woke up this morning. He's so excited about keeping the secret of my birthday presents-- even reminding his baby sister not to tell me what they... More »
Amanda
I see you, so big, yet the youngest in your class. So proud, so calm. You stride down the stage in your cut-up pillow case and dinosaur shirt and moon boots. You lived there, in... More »
Amanda
this creeping forward lurching feeling known now by no other but now how could you be so big now? when all is everyday and never is forever you were my pumpkin even though you screamed... More »
Amanda
It's easy to forget, as an adult, how magical and alluring the Christmas season can be to little kids. Last year one of the agents in my office gave my family a Christmas fountain. It... More »
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