This week, I mowed the lawn with Nicholas in the Snugli. This wasn’t some heroic case of overachieving, or even a desire to get some exercise—though it was definitely great exercise. It’s just that we’re trying to paint the kitchen this weekend (along with several other big projects), and the lawn desperately needed cutting…and Nicholas…
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Confessions of a Stay-at-home Mom
I am omnipresent in Nicholas’s world. Throughout the day his bright little eyes remain fixed on me, following me from one side of the kitchen to the other, until I sit down beside him, or put him on my lap to nurse. Then, secure in the knowledge that Mommy is nearby, he turns his attention…
Read MoreAh, Nicholas
Since returning from NPM, my baby boy has become a demanding child. By which I mean to say, he wants to be held ALL THE TIME. While we were away, just the two of us, it was a Heaven-sent opportunity to bond. Back in the real world…it’s kind of a pain in the you-know-what. I…
Read More2 Much, 2.0
A while back, I wrote about doing too much. Shortly after, I got an email from my sister, scolding me mildly for thinking that the world can’t go on without me. There are other people who can do music at church, she said, and without you, people will still find a way to learn NFP.…
Read MoreThere’s nothing quite like a deadline…
As of ten minutes ago, I’m more or less done with my short story. I have one more question niggling the back of my brain, and I’m waiting for the all-seeing, all-knowing perspective of my critique group to help me find clarity. But with or without their response, I will be finished with my story tomorrow.…
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The smell of spring permeates the air—the sweetness of crabapple, the heady perfume of lilac—and redbud petals lie strewn across the path at the entry to the woods. Deep down the path, the tiny wildflowers they call “shooting star” cluster at the base of towering oak trees. Frogs and birds sing, click, peep, into the…
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Kathleen M. Basi 