Revelry Reverie

Among the many things I didn’t anticipate today was seeing an x-ray of Eleanor’s chest. I can tell you this. She has bones that look like they are the correct number and size, in what seems like the right configuration. Her heart looks excessive in her tiny chest, her lungs half forgotten, ephemeral. Her back is straight, her ribs…

I just woke Ele up from her nap. Me: Eleanor, do you want something to eat? Ele: Vigorous, sleepy nod Me: Do you want a bagel? E: Head shake Me: A breakfast bar? E: Head shake Me: A banana? E: No mama! Me: Ok lovey, what do you want? E: gazes into space for a…

My little girl is home sick today. She battled a fever all night, and it still hadn’t broken this morning. It is high, so we’re managing it with children’s Motrin (if it is low, we let it work). The end result is that she has low energy, a very gloopy nose, and high spirits. Since…

Before Henry had his surgery to remove his tonsils and adenoids and have ear tubes put back in, we worried about him. We worried he wouldn’t talk, we worried he was stuck inside his own world. He was hard to reach sometimes, or, a lot of the time. Immediately following his surgery, we were worried…

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We had a great Christmas. We put the kids’ stockings in their room during the night, and in the morning we heard some stealthy noises, and went to peek on them. We found them stuffing their little faces with Hershey Kisses. We went to our room and they opened the rest of their stockings there.…