Postpartum

Breathes life into
It hadn't seemed so serious that morning, when the NICU nurse called to say we should be there. Of course we'd go, I said, just like we did every morning, in time for his first feeding, just after morning rounds....

Quickie
Our Halloween party...wasn't. There were a few casual acceptances by friends who never showed, and so the informal open house I'd envisioned ended up instead as a quick dinner with the family of one (1) of Charlie's friends and his...

Three things that make me feel queasy
From antiangie on Twitter: "I'm not sure what you should do with this, just telling you it exists." Jerry O'Connell is writing a memoir about parenthood. Its title: Cry, Feed, (Make Love to Wife), Burp. I for one can't wait...

I bet they'd come if I made the frightening hand
I'd been toying with the idea for a couple of weeks, to invite people over for a casual gathering before Saturday night trick-or-treating. I'd order pizza for the kids, put together a few amusing edibles for the adults — certainly...

Your invitation is in the mail
This morning's breakfast conversation: Charlie: When Ben and I are grown men, we'll still be brothers. But we won't live in the same house. Julie, thinking, I hope not, because that'll mean both of you are in prison: You could...