Category Archives: mothering

Being Alone Among Others

Omg. The people here at Water Canyon, the local coffee house here in Yucca Valley, must think I am a serious computer freak/geek. I’ve been here for six hours; sustaining myself with a Greek Bagel, soy cap, and a large … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Kid.

Fourteen years ago today Bella was born. Today she can run orchestrate a six-girl slumber party in a blink of an eye: got three movies, root beer and ice cream, bean dip and chips, and homemade devil’s food cake. About … Continue reading

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Moving into Birthday Week

Things definitely do not get simpler as your kids get older, on the contrary; not only do they get infinitely more complex but much more expensive as well. Witness Bella’s most recent birthday wish list. It is so extravagant that … Continue reading

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A Moment for Megan

Last week Chad and I were doing our regular route around the lake in Laguna Niguel Regional Park, which is partially on the same 3-mile trail the local high school cross country teams use for competition, when I pointed out … Continue reading

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Bella was here:)

Hi my name is Bella and I am Jeannie Lee’s daughter. I just wanted to say hi and that I love my mommy very much<33

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Personal Breastfeeding History Part I

Bella and I in 1994 One of the biggest reasons I started that little “zine” WomanTalk some fifteen years ago was so that cool women I knew could all talk, support, and share information together. Another organization that does this … Continue reading

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Tomorrow is the first day of high school

and Bella refuses to bring her lunch (even though we have been warned that with 3,200 students that the lunch lines will be verrry long) and she refuses to bring her books. Sounds like the beginning of a very long … Continue reading

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A question

Songbae wants to know: “Question: if you had to choose an amount you need to raise a family how much would you say combined annual income would need to be?” Well, when Bella was born, her dad and I were … Continue reading

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She Who Runs

My poor kid has blisters the size of two thumbnails, one on the arch of each foot. She also has smaller blisters on her third toe of each foot. We leave the house every morning at 5:45 am, and I … Continue reading

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She Left Her Heart in San Francisco

Bella drives me nuts on a daily basis these days. I cringe when I remember my own relationship with my mother during my teen years. We didn’t talk, we just yelled at each other – except for when I shaved … Continue reading

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