Category Archives: Language development
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Writing her own life
Leave a commentNovember 10, 2017 by whirlyjoy
My Dragon Lover and I were sitting up in bed, watching the election results on Tuesday evening, when my iPhone …
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Winter sunshine
2November 19, 2012 by whirlyjoy
This is what we call the “sick bowl” in our house, sitting on Aida’s plush froggy blanket that my good …
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What’s that sign?
9October 9, 2012 by whirlyjoy
Most of Aida’s interactions with the world can be hard to figure out, and a huge part of my job as her mother is to try to guess what the heck is going on inside that bright but screwy brain of hers.
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“Special” family dinners
2September 14, 2012 by whirlyjoy
We never set the table. We’re strictly a get-your-own-gear kind of family. So what is it about the siren call of the family dinner that still pulls me in sometimes?
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The genie is out of the bottle
Leave a commentSeptember 7, 2012 by whirlyjoy
I let Mimi, who is a precocious 11, start a (very private, highly aliased and protected) Facebook account last week. …
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