Four years ago I began delivering the “State of the Self;” a reflection on the past year of life which is always given the evening of my birthday. This is my 2010 State of the Self. February 27, 1979 is the day I stopped breathing someone else’s air and began breathing on my own. It […]
Author: Lisa
Birthdays
Happy Birthday to Keith and Kay! Big hugs from Isaiah to his Grandma and Godfather!
Isaiah 9 Weeks
Isaiah and Love
I am listening to Isaiah gulp down his milk. He is in the other room with Nick. The strains of the television are loud, but they still cannot drown out the long sighs and squirms and squeaks of our little one. As I write this, though I cannot see him, I know he is draining […]
The Artist’s Way
Some weeks ago (my memory is really bad since pregnancy), my dear friend and much respected writer, BFP, wrote something along the lines of saying that she was less interested in “activism” and more interested in the lives and journeys of artists. That struck me. For numerous reasons. The first thing that struck me is […]
Gluttony, Maybe
So, the little Gerber Face received ashes today. I mean, THANK GOD, because it’s been a little over 3 weeks since his baptism and he really needed to be straightened out before things got too out of hand. You saw his Valentine’s Day picture, right? Flipping the camera off like he’s a deranged teenager already? […]
Isaiah – 8 Weeks, 2 Days on Mardi Gras
New Mommness
So I started working out two weeks ago. To feel my body MOVE, as in constant motion, without stopping, in cyclic ways, in scissor ways, in stretching to the skies…well, it’s been a trial. I remember WAITING for the day when I could work out again. When I was pregnant and huge and my belly […]
My Funny 8 Week Old Valentine
He’s getting a little too fresh these days and thinks flipping his parents off (with BOTH hands nonetheless) is acceptable. Here’s more pics of our sweet Cupid…