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Five Months
Dear Zinger, A certain fierceness accompanies motherhood that I have never really experienced before. When family members or friends feel threatened or bullied, I want to defend them. I want to stand...
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Six Months
Dear Zinger, Last week for my informatics class we talked about quantum computing. There are computers capable of factoring a buncha-bunch of numbers at the same time. And this is all for managing and...
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Seven Months
Dearest Zinger, The above photo perfectly captures your attitude about life. You’re such an inspiration. Let me recount a few experiences from the past few weeks. One day I set you on the living room...
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Eight Months
Dear Zinger, It was about a month ago. I didn’t see the actual collision. The four-door sedan, driver’s side crumpled, in a slow spin. The 4X4 truck, front end smashed, bleeding oil from the grill. The...
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Nine Months
Dear Zinger, It’s a pretty chilly morning, and I’m thinking about how you’ve been in the world for as long as I carried you in my tummy. That totally blows my mind. Christmas was especially generous to...
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Last week I didn’t attend a funeral.
The bishop announced it the Sunday before. I wept. A baby girl was born. Received a name. The baby had a condition called Potter Syndrome. She had no kidneys while she developed in her mother’s womb....
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On Parenting and Villages
Today in Sunday School the little one was fussing a little, realizing she’d have to sit through yet another not-fun hour of church. I whispered to her that she was going to be okay, but she disagreed,...
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Ten Months
Dear Zinger, I hold my finger down to you, and I say, “Let’s go for a walk.” You take my finger. You start walking. I wonder where you’ll lead me. This is one of my favorite things about you right now....
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Eleven Months
Dear Zinger, Eleven months. E-leven. E-leaven. Like electronically baking bread. This is blowing my mind. I can’t even wrap my head around next month, when you’ll be a whole year old, so I’ll try my...
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One Zinger Year
Dear Zinger, Look at you. On Mondays I volunteer at a children’s hospital library up in Salt Lake City. Before going down the hallway that leads to the library, I pass through the cafeteria. Sometimes...
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Full Circle
Before I was an English major, I was a microbiology major. I was going to work in a lab and do research. While I was a microbiology major, I took a really long break in my education to figure out what...
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Now that Summer Is Over
Here are some photos of Zinger’s activities after her birthday and throughout the summer. We hope you enjoyed your summer. Happy anticipation of autumn!
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We Went to the Park Today
It’s time to exercise more regularly again. A few weeks ago I fixed the wobble on the jogging stroller and this week I started taking Z on walk-jogs. A 2.5 mile route with a nice park on the way....
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18 Months
Dear Zinger, I want to tell you a story. Don’t worry, it’s about you. Nearly two weeks ago, you had woken up at least an hour earlier than usual. Dadda had prepared your morning bottle and got you out...
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Sunday Firsts
Yesterday was Zinger’s first day in nursery at church. Since our ward meets at 11:00 AM, our strategy was to get Z to sit long enough for us to take the sacrament, take her for a ride so that she can...
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j,,,,mzz . Social Navigation
[The first part of the title is Z’s. I stepped away from the computer for two seconds, and she decided she wants to blog.] The Saturday before Halloween our ward had a chili cook-off and Halloween...
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Hindsight is 2015
Whenever I think about resolutions, there are the standard goals of exercising more and eating better, reading more books and eating out less, waking up earlier and writing more, but my greatest...
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Adventures in Potty Training 20160111
Date: 11 Jan 2016 Trips to the potty: 10 Successful attempts: 8 (including poops) Description of unsuccessful attempts: The first fully unsuccessful attempt occurred early in the day, after the first...
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Adventures in Potty Training 20160112
Date: 12 Jan 2016 Trips to the potty: 6 Successful attempts: 6 (including poops) Poops: 1 Turds dropped on floor: 0 Description of poops: This was an instance of being alert and quick. Instead of...
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Adventures in Potty Training 20160113
Date: 13 Jan 2016 Trips to the potty: 6 Successful attempts: 4.5 (including poops) Description of unsuccessful attempts: I brought out a step ladder for Z to play on in the living room because it was...
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