I’ve heard that sometimes when you push a baby out, your brain comes out with the baby. I’m here to tell you that it’s true. It happened to me.
- Eleanora
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March1st
3 CommentsMake-Ahead Beef Lasagna
Posted in: Eleanora, Recipes
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February27th
15 CommentsSupermarket Sweep
Posted in: Eleanora, Life, Recipes
When I was pregnant, I was an indefatigable task master, hell-bent on accomplishing every item of business before the baby arrived. Car registration completed 2 months in advance? Check. Property taxes paid 3 months before they were due? Yep. Enough hand soap stockpiled to last us until the baby’s 7th birthday? Youuu betcha.
The goal was to take care of everything so that, once Eleanora arrived, I could focus just on her. I was preparing for life to slow down, to be suspended in this magical, albeit sleepless, bubble of time. It’s a beautiful idea, isn’t it?
My mistake, however, was thinking my life would slow down. Haha.
HAHAHA.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
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February14th
6 CommentsHappy Valentine’s, Babe
Posted in: Eleanora, Holidays
Does your family have a favorite song? My family (like yours, I’m sure) has a few favorites, one of which is called “Always,” and was written in 1925 by Irving Berlin. Two of my great-grandmothers, Idelle Ross Pennebaker and Louise Jones Hopkins, particularly loved “Always.” And because I believe in the transcendent love of generations of mamas, I sing this tune to my sweet baby, so that she and I may feel connected to her great-great-grandmothers and the mamas who loved them when they were babies:
I’ll be loving you, always. With a love that’s true, always.
When the things you’ve planned…
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February9th
9 CommentsWhen it comes to Valentine’s Day, people usually fall into one of two categories.
There are those who LOVE Cupid’s holiday and get all romantical with cards, flowers, chocolates, dinner reservations, jewelry, and the like…
