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2y ago
June and July are a blur in the world of the Salty Boys. I nearly can't see straight. The dog leaves me in a fog of care and rehab with her torn doggie ACL and the final days of school and our life in New Jersey nears an end.  We take long strolls together down our block in the flood of the evening setting sun.  The boys run ahead as I walk our chocolate lab who is pulling ahead wanting to keep pace with the boys even with her miserable limp.  I am convinced she thinks she is a kid herself. The street lights hum their low tone of summer as they cast a coral iradescent light a ..read more
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The Lasts.
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2y ago
The east coast spring isn't at all a nice one.  The April showers spill over into May's flowers and June's sunshine.  The days are best described as chilly and gloomy.  I wonder if the hard shift of summer will ever come with the steamy hot and sunny days. We preoccupy our days with spring soccer.  Trips to play with friends.  There is coughing and antibiotics.  There are tulips and deer out at dusk.  And the looming reality that our lives are going to get a bit more complicated with our move back to our hometown of Chicago. As the days continue to grow lon ..read more
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Nose bleed.
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2y ago
As if we don't have enough to juggle, April would bring another unfortunate unexplained injury to our family.  Our doggy tore her doggy ACL.  Yeah, I didn't know that dogs even had ACL's...  really the only association or context I ever had of it, was hearing a famous athlete injuring his ACL.  But our lovable labrador is a really active retiree of athletics.  She is in her 50's (in dog years of course) and is going gray (she has asked me for the number of a good colorist), so it never even occurred to me playing leisurely fetch in the yard one sunny afternoon would go ..read more
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Mismatched Socks.
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2y ago
It's something that adults take for granted.  Most kids too.  But lately around here it's a foreign concept. Matching socks. I saw this on Pinterest recently and it completely captured my stance on laundry.  And life. And lately, it's become most apparent in the sock drawers around here.  Desolate, empty, echoing drawers that are unused.  Instead our socks lay in piles amongst three alternating baskets that I just shove around to find a pair for each kid as we are running out the door.  Oh joy.  The pride of the run-and-gun mommy. But the truth is my ki ..read more
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2y ago
The gloomy days of late winter put me in a foul mood.  I just can't peak out from under the blanket of gray that covers everything these days.  And while it is a very chic Benjamin Moore paint swatch, it isn't the color I want outside my kitchen window day after day. Michael's ongoing fight against Pseudemonas lingers.  After he wraps his 28-day cycle of inhaled antibiotics and 14-day flight of oral antibiotics we find ourselves in February.  And ready for to have him "recultured" to see what might be lurking in the recesses of the tiny airways of his lungs.  And the ..read more
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New Year's Party.
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2y ago
A new year.  A fresh new start.  And endless possibilities.  Everyone seems to celebrate with a party. Noisemakers.  Champagne.  Silly hats.  And resolutions. Little did I know what new possibilities would lie ahead for our family.  And our lives.  Nor did I anticipate THIS party. December is a busy month loaded with the lovely sounds of Dylan toddling around singing "IS the season to be jo-ree" and Michael humming "Dradle, dradle, dradle, I made you out of clay" from his winter program at school.  I smile every time I hear them strike a chord.&n ..read more
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Bus Stop
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2y ago
The dog days of summer turn into the the back-to-school frenzy that all American families know all too well.  We scramble for the right supplies.  We juggle new routines.  We read books that ready the boys for the school days ahead. As we gear up for school we discuss manners and using polite words.  Sometimes, boys will be boys, and 'polite' isn't always part of the vernacular. My angst is considerable.  Michael is starting Kindergarten and I have become a disheveled ball of frayed nerves.  There is no start to the ball and no end.  Much like a string of C ..read more
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Roughhousing.
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2y ago
In the deep of summer and its unrelenting excessive heat, once again our air-conditioning is caput.  Our landlord is great about getting an A/C company out to remedy the problem as soon as possible, but time marches slowly over the days of sweltering heat.  I wonder if time stands still the heat is so unbearable.  During those days, our home often would reach temperatures that exceed the heat outside.  One day, the boys are at camp all morning and then we spend all afternoon at a friend's pool.  We are there until the evening hours and the boys are so drained from the ..read more
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Monet.
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2y ago
Scenic Chicago.  On this day, I don't think I have ever seen it so gorgeous.  I have lived my whole life in the suburbs and even worked at a Michigan Avenue address for seven years.  But for some reason the sky is bluer, the skyline more defined, and the view more astounding than ever before. To the right, turquoise sparkling waters where crisp white silhouettes of sailboats mark the waters.  Straight ahead in the distance the iconic Sears Tower (to those Chicago natives it will never be Willis Tower, sorry).  Two long white spindles above the land.   To the ..read more
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Fireworks.
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2y ago
The lazy days of summer seem not so lazy.  At least in our house.  After a busy morning of swim lessons for Michael and a trip to the pool, we still have more flurry left for our day.  Thankfully, crabby Dylan has stayed away most of the day with a blessed long nap.  He is plopped on the couch wedged between a pillow and his favorite brown fleece blanket as we visit with our friends over dinner and good conversation.  Michael watches his favorite show to pass the time with grown-ups gabbing and baby brother snoozing.  As the sun begins to dive behind neighborhood ..read more
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