Today my brother Tony and I were out shopping for a huge black umbrella, the perfect gift for our grandmother. Don’t ask. We stopped at a leather store, for some reason thinking that they might have a section of nice, nonleather umbrellas. I’m not sure why we thought their store looked like it might carry [...]
I know I shouldn’t be too anxious to gain weight, but right now I just look like a girl whose mother never taught her to suck her stomach in. Once I’m fatter it will be obvious why I have a gut and people won’t think “man that girl really needs to do some situps”.
The other day I was sitting in my linguistics class in a very uncomfortable, hard, little chair. After two hours of sitting there wishing I had a pillow for my back, I felt a strange sensation in my stomach. Sort of like gas or stomach rumbling, only without the unpleasantness that goes along with those. [...]
See, I spend a lot of time worrying. I worry when I feel sick. I worry when I feel great all day, that maybe that means I woke up magically not pregnant. I worry that I’ve only gained 2 pounds in 14 weeks. I worry that I eat too much sugar. I worry that I [...]
Hello Tiffany.
You’re tired, and undoubtedly fretting over mistakes you might be making.
But you’ve already figured out the first and most important thing in parenting, which is to love your child more than anything else. Love your child in a way that makes you gasp from time to time because you still can’t believe anything so [...]