I remember seeing a parenting book with a title along the lines of "I was a great mom until I had kids". It is so true that the lofty ideals of who we want to be as parents often do not stand up so well to the messy reality of actually having children. And of …
Tag: Baki
Superhero
I was watering the pots when Baki ran up all super heroed up. Then he ran down the hill, past our garden, to the bottom of the land, where he found some folks from Sundance. He called me down and I chatted with them a little while Baki ran amok with their two children. All …
Baby for breakfast
I remember before Baki was born, a friend told me I could forget about reading ever again. I was disheartened by this, but I needn't have been. Breastfeeding chained me to a chair for hours, and I read stacks of old New Yorkers from my parents' house. This time around, my iPod has changed things …
Brothers
Of all of us, Baki is the one who's seem the biggest change on his life. After all, I was already a mom and Ali was already a dad. But Baki has only just become a brother. Naturally, we all wondered how he would take to it, especially once he voiced his disapproval at having …
Garden Correspondent 