Hey, pregnant women… have you ever been out shopping, minding your own business, lost in your own thought, when some crazy, wild-eyed lady comes up to you and strikes up a conversation out of the blue, offering you advice? Um, hi. Yeah, that’s me. Sorry for freaking you out. I can’t help it. Through two […]
Author Archives: Abi Bowling
Oh! Look! Twins!
February 12, 2011 – 11:50 pm
“I’m sorry,” the lady at Trader Joe’s said to me as I pushed the double stroller, laden with kids and shopping bags on hooks, past the twelve-foot high mountain of breakfast cereal at the end of the frozen food aisle. “I don’t mean to stare.” “It’s okay,” I weakly smiled at her, ushering Ethan away […]
FLASHBACK: Twinteresting musings
February 8, 2011 – 10:00 am
Every once in a while I look through my past writing and dust off something from the vault. I originally wrote this in September, 2008. I was in my first trimester, and still processing the idea of having twins. After writing my last blog post, I remembered this piece. Until they went away to colleges […]
Ehn-wee
February 5, 2011 – 9:36 am
Every morning at seven AM (give or take ten minutes), I hear Henry on the baby monitor, awake and attempting to rouse Miranda. “Ehn-wee! Ehn-wee!” He yells. At least once a day something along the lines of the following is heard in our house: Me: “Where is Henry?” (He points to himself.) Me: “Where is […]
In a class by itself
January 24, 2011 – 12:57 am
Tonight I wept uncontrollably in front of my son. I had felt lump after lump form in my throat and struggled to choke back what I knew were inevitable tears. As I held still, quiet, trying to get a grip, Ethan looked up at me, his own tears threatening to spill over onto his cheeks. […]
