by Beth Anne on May 25, 2013
The other day Harrison picked out his outfit. Red & blue Cars tshirt. Green Master’s belt. Blue & orange bulldozer socks. He spent ten minutes admiring himself in our full-legnth bathroom mirror doors, telling me & himself & all the green & pink tile that he “looks good!” Until he got so close that he whacked [...]
by Beth Anne on May 24, 2013
We took Harrison to the driving range for the first time on Wednesday night. He was so proud, strutting past the other golfers with his bag on his back & his pink clubs peeking out. He wanted pink, he said. I picked out the little furry hedgehog hybrid cover that is small enough to fit [...]
by Beth Anne on May 19, 2013
I grew up in a suburban neighborhood where we spent long years on swim team & rode the bus with the same kids for well over a decade. We played cards in the club house when summer thunderstorms rolled through & in the evenings, we’d round up teams to play capture the flag in the woods & [...]
by Beth Anne on May 3, 2013
I am notorious for my intolerance to anesthesia. Like that time I told the nurse to get me some g-damn apple juice after my septoplasty. Or when I screamed at the nurse that I hated her & she could go fuck herself after my breast reduction. Or when I sobbed uncontrollably for hours after my ablation for [...]
by Beth Anne on April 29, 2013
Who has two thumbs & two ovaries? THIS GIRL. Figured I should get that out of the way first – that my doctor managed to save my ovary & while it came at a price (doesn’t everything?), I am so thankful for it. Right before they took me to the operating room, my doctor came in [...]