It could be the hormones talking. Or the change in weather. Or maybe it is the fact that I am finally starting to grow up, but I have come to the sad realization that I have lost my faith in humanity. That deep-down assumption that most of the time, most of the [...]
I really do wonder how it is that Stella conveniently reaches behind her left ear and switches the lever from “Angry, volatile toddler” to “Adorable, docile toddler” each time we put her into an environment where anyone else is looking (at least, anyone who read this blog) . From the moment we arrived at our [...]
The mind of an almost-two-year-old works in mysterious ways. And by mysterious, I mean maddening. The kind of maddening that makes people contemplate their own mortality: Why am I here? Why is she here? Why are we here together in the same room? It is one thing for her to [...]
Note to all child welfare personnel: we did not put her there, she did this herself.