by Deborah Quinn | Nov 17, 2013 | aging, birth, family, HGH, Kids, NaBloPoMo, Parenting, preemies
On the 18th of November, I officially become the mother of a teenager. Which seems weird because I’m only 25. And it’s doubly weird because in some bizarre harmonic convergence, the 17th of November is officially “World Prematurity Day,” a day...
by Deborah Quinn | Nov 20, 2011 | Children, family, growing up, Kids, Parenting
I’m the mother of two boys. Sometimes this fact seems like karmic revenge for a crime I didn’t know I committed in a past life. How can I be the mother of boys? I mean, does a tomato plant suddenly sprout beans? Two days ago, Liam turned eleven, so I’ve been thinking...
by Deborah Quinn | Sep 1, 2011 | Abu Dhabi, Children, family, Kids, Parenting
Like I’ve been saying in these last few posts, our family has been spending a LOT of time together. Like, every waking hour, all day long, from July 6 (the day we moved out of our apartment in New York) until…well, right now. There were five precious...
by Deborah Quinn | Jul 24, 2011 | Abu Dhabi, Children, growing up, moving
When it came right down to it, I couldn’t throw away the craft supplies. Sparkly pipe cleaners, glitter, feathers, beads, gold paint, clay—all the stuff you need to turn delivery boxes into trains, forts, and castles, or to create Cleopatra headdresses and war...
by Deborah Quinn | Jun 28, 2011 | Abu Dhabi, Children, moving, Travel
We’re in the final countdown for our move. July 5th the moving minions show up to wrap everything in bubble wrap and cardboard. July 6th they cart all the boxes off to long-term storage and our Big Adventure officially begins. Each of us is dealing with this...
