Category Archives: personal

bobcats

As you may know, in my other life when I’m not behind a camera with your family… I’m behind a camera, but in front of bobcats. I am a research assistant this summer for a pretty nifty project – the Habitat Tracker. You can find out more about the program here or here. My job...

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on the occasion of your fifth year, Matthew.

Dear Matthew, Five years ago today, your baba and I waited anxiously to welcome you into the world. Early in the morning on July 13, 2006, I dragged myself up to the Evanston Hospital for my twice-weekly non-stress test – an ultrasound to check and see how you were doing (given my preexisting diabetes and...

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day 178/365: the sandman

We have a mighty, mighty library in our tiny, tiny apartment. Today, I got a new-to-me Lensbaby Composer Proand had to bust it out immediately to play. Hopefully this weekend I’ll drag one or both of the children out for a spin and see if I can get them to stand still enough to manually...

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a tale of four fathers

1 and 2. JoJo & JoJo I called both of my uncles “JoJo” – which is Chinese for “mother’s younger brother”. They were born twenty minutes apart and they were in every sense of the word my father. They were there for me through thick and thin, when I was a brat and when I...

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day 139: perfectly imperfect, in every single way

This week has been a trying one. I’m getting used to a new schedule and a new routine, and meeting new people and missing old people. Matthew’s been difficult at drop off and pick up – and so has Lindsey – so at one point coming home from picking up the children, both of them...

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