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after.

6/9/2011 – 5:47 am

it’s pure joy to see maddy with her auntie, the two of them, as close as they would have been if… well, you know. … sometimes it’s the after that defines things, and after everything that’s happened, i’m happy that this she is such a big part of our after.

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missing a lot.

5/12/2011 – 3:26 am

week three of my trip around the country talking about that thing i worked on for madeline. it’s been a week since i’ve seen my baby. (well, a week since i hugged my baby. i saw some photos that her grandma broccoli sent my way of maddy covered (and i mean covered) in temporary tattoos, [...]

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in austin.

5/12/2011 – 2:44 am

two weeks ago in austin i met someone who will die soon. i looked back at her, listening as she shared her life with me, learning that she’d soon be leaving her husband in the position i found myself in on that day in march 2008. cancer was there, staring me in the face but [...]

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for madeline.

4/14/2011 – 4:15 am

on saturday some of the most important people in our lives will be with us as we celebrate maddy’s third birthday. again. (yeah, maddy’s birthday sort of runs from her actual birthdate of march 24th to her estimated due date of mid may). she and her friends will be beating a piñata, eating cupcakes, and [...]