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::  spent the day with our very…so very…sweet sixteen today…

that 20-year-old…now a sweet 16…and a 13’er come january…

these birthdays are killin’ me!

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11-27-12

sweetest sixteen

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dear emmie grace,

i was remembering little you today…

and my favoritefavorite…of all your when-you-were-little doodlings…

…of your favorite little shadow.

she was thoroughly happy to be loved by you…

…and you were thoroughly happy when lovin’ on her.

i’m missing little you today

very sincerely,
me (your misty-again mama)

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dear emmie,

i’m sure megan’s gonna love these…baby colby’s first little “cons”!

i betcha his basketballer daddy’s gonna love ‘em too…may even want a pair of his own!

i think he wears a 13…

or was it 15?

either way…i think you’re gonna need a smidge more yarn…

such a sweet gift from such a sweet girl!

very sincerely,
me (your proud-of-you mama)

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the p-town theatre troupe

– presents –

MY LIFE

5-19-12

 a one act play

– cast of characters –

honey……………………………..the provider of things………………………………jason
darc………………………………the washer of the things….………………………..darcie
i’ya………………………………………..the guitarist……………………………………….alex
emmie…………………………………….the knitter………………….………………….emma
hannah-girl………………………………the artist.……………………………………hannah
clairie…………………………………..the bookworm…………….……………………..claire
bits………………………………………….the giggler…………………………………elisabeth
jack……………………………………..the ear-bender…………………………………….john
will………………………………………the lisp-bearer………………………………..william
baby…………………………………………the chub…………………………………………eian

 shows daily!

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dear baby,

last night, your nursings were all wonky…

after you nursed again at 5:30, i laid you back down…hoping you’d squeeze in a smidge more sleep before the rest of the house began to wake…

you protested for a bit, but finally drifted off…

at around 7:00, daddy sneaked out of bed and brought me some medicine for that headache that just wouldn’t let me go…

and i curled back up, waiting for relief…and watched you sleep…

your little fists rested above your peach-fuzzed head and your chubba fingers twitched…

your fringed eyelids danced…

that one propped-up knee swayed…back and forth…back and forth…

your back arched…stretched…then relaxed as a sigh escaped your lips…

then that little tongue started to dance…milky dreams playing behind those heavy lids…

and all at once…a knee-swaying, back-arching, chubby-fist-rubbing-the-eye stretch combination!

bear-bear and i watched…rapt…for over an hour…

eight babies…and i’ve never just done this?!?

what sweet heavenliness could possibly happen next?

and then

flashing dreamy grins!

heavenly!

finally…one all-over stretch…and blink, blink, blink…

two baby blues looking into mine…

then a dimple-pierced grin…

and i jumped up to grab you…us snuggling right down into that cozy bed daddy made for me…you eye-smiling at me as you nursed…

that one chubba finger playing with the ring he gave me so long ago…it finally reaching up and touching my lips for those kisses it always finds there…

and me fighting back happy, happy tears…

then my fingers found that tickley spot under all those chins…and that blissful belly-giggle rumbled up from way down deep…

and those two sisters heard it…the ones who always vie for you first thing in the morning…and they suddenly appeared, exclaiming, “you slept so long!”

and just like that…they whisked you away…

and just like that…the day began…

that medicine never truly bringing relief…

and me…never more grateful for a headache in all my life!

very sincerely,
me (your ever-so-grateful mama)

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dear (bigger) little people,

i needed a lil’ giggle this mornin’…

and since laughing at your expense is always funner than laughing at my own…i looked up some old pictures of you…

this one did the trick…

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and then i thought…

hmmm…thought i…

“they wouldn’t want me to keep this to myself…they’d want me to share…to spread the giggles and the smiles…”

‘cause i know you would!

so…you’re welcome!

very sincerely,
me (your naughty mama)

p.s.

and because you’ve always…secretly…been my favorite…

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– those first three out on our property (june, 2002)

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dear birthday boy,

last night, as your “ah’ma” tucked you in, she said, “goodbye, 4-year-old william.”

confused…you asked, “are you saying goodbye because i’m going outside?”

no…,” she replied, “i’m saying goodbye because tomorrow you won’t be 4-year-old william anymore…you’ll be 5-year-old william.”

“oh,” you said reflectively…and then

“will i still be cute tomorrow?”

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ohhh, yeahdefinitely!

you are the cutest little spectacle-wearing, lisp-bearing quipster of a sweet william there ever was!

happy birthday, 5-year-old william!  we love you much!

very sincerely,
me (your adoring birthday-buddy mama)

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another 2k…worth o’ words!

oh my goodness!  how long has it been since i’ve shamelessly displayed pictures of my adorable little people?

i agree!  entirely too long!

so here’s a couple of shots…of the littlest two, at least…after alex and emma got a hold of ‘em…

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kojak…minus his “lolly”…

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…and our little “hip hopper”, 2 bitz!

get it?  kojak…ko-jack…‘cause he looks like the bald guy with a serious addiction to lollypops who’d always say, “who loves ya, baby?”…and, well, he’s a baby?

okay

then how about 2 bitz…‘cause she’s two…and we call her “bits”…but i changed it to a “z” on account of the whole “hip hop” thing.  and there’s that rapper who calls himself “50 cent”…which, now that i think about it, doesn’t really make much cents…i mean sense…because “two bits” was actually the colonial equivalent of about 25¢, not 50…

well…anyway…you get the picture…

get it?

“picture”?

okay!  alright!  enough already!

– june 22, 2006

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“my life”

cast of characters: 

jason (“j.”, “j.j.”, “honey”) – the leader of the tribe; faithful, manly provider of things

darcie (“darc”) – his wife of 20 years; slightly older, much less wiser washer of the things

alexander (“alex”, “i’ya”) – his 19-year-old firstborn son; guitar player, dance party organizer and (overall) older brother extraordinaire

emma (“em”, “emmie”) – his 15-year-old daughter; expert knitter, crocheter and…God bless her…diaper changer

hannah (“hannah-girl”) – his 12-year-old daughter; lover of art, science, flora and fauna

claire (“clairie”, “clairie belle”) – his 10-year-old daughter; bookworm, cartoonist and bosom buddy to bits

elisabeth (“bits”, “bitsy”) – his 8-year-old daughter; infectious giggler, polly pocket lover and bosom buddy to claire

john (“jack”, “bubba”) – his 6-year-old son; tenderhearted back rubber and ear-bender

william (“will”, “wee’um”) – his 4-year-old son; spectacle wearer, lisp bearer and consistent provider of comic relief

eian (“baby”, “eian b’eian”) – his 7½-month-old son; smiley, squishy and utterly chubbalicious 

 

setting:

a 1950’s ranch-style home in the suburbs of p-town.

 

act 1
scene 1

(the dining room.  the children sit at the dining room table diligently working on their studies.  sunlight streams through the sliding glass door, bathing them in soft white light and creating a halo effect around each of their bowed heads.  the baby sits on a blanket on the floor entertaining himself with an assortment of sensory-stimulating toys.  we hear the buzzer of the drier sound from the adjoining laundry room.  darcie enters stage right.  she’s wearing a yellow and white check cotton dress, kitten heels and a ruffled apron tied snugly with a smart bow.  she passes through the kitchen as she makes her way to the laundry room, stopping momentarily to lift the lid of the crock pot and check on her pot roast.  jason enters from the garage stage left.)

jason: [stops abruptly and glances around in confusion; then with a smirk] okay…ha ha…very funny.  now, who are you people and what have you done with my real life?

(curtain)

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