Sorry for the lack of fresh posts around here these days but it’s not for lack of trying. On a given day, 3 hours toiling at the keyboard yields about 120 words. It’s frustrating, exhausting, and demoralizing. Until the day arrives when Kaiser grants my request for Eyegaze Assistive Technology, I am heretofore adopting what [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Not Hardly Working
Posted in Life on December 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »
”Pretty”
Posted in Emma, Life on December 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I am undecided as to which aspect of Emma’s Ear Piercing Extravaganza at Claire’s in the Hillsdale Mall a couple of Saturdays ago was the most memorable. It could have been the insouciant manner in which the store employee pointed to the words ASSISTANT MANAGER on his name tag when Fehmeen asked him if he [...]
As Close As We’re Gonna Get
Posted in Emma, Family Fun on December 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Barring a change of heart by Emma, which would prompt a hopefully tear-free return visit to the Hillsdale Mall Santa in the remaining fourteen shopping days before Christmas, it appears that this photo, taken moments after the Big Guy’s arrival by helicopter at the San Carlos Airport, is as close as we’re gonna get this [...]
The Way You Do the Things You Do
Posted in Emma, Memories on December 3, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Dear Emma, Just in case you don’t remember, here are a few things about you that I will never forget. You love to wear your mommy’s jewelry. Then you walk around the house with an armful of bracelets telling everyone how “byooful” you look. Emma, what does Nani call you? ENNA RANI (shouted) What does [...]
