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MelanieinOrygun

Incredible. Again.
You rock my world, woman. And you also MAKE ME CRY, and I keep telling you to knock that shit off! I have to work, here!
;)

Her Bad Mother

Dude.

Stop it. Okay, not really. DON'T stop it. Making me cry.

Am too hot to enjoy it right now.

(Beautiful.)

Missi

Damn it. Here I thought I wasn't going to cry today. Now my contacts are all blurry and I can't see what I am typpppppiiiinnnngggg.
Wonderful, just wonderful. There really are no words wonderful enough.

bubandpie

What they said. So, so good.

I love the part about the worked-in feel of the baby's room - so different from the perfect little set up while you're still pregnant, with all kinds of smothering hazards everywhere just because they look so nice.

Susan

Tonight I laid down with Charlie (who is FOUR now, although I don't know when that happened) and he patted my head and then fell asleep next to me, with his blankie and his lambie in his arms and his thumb in his mouth. And I was so conscious that my baby is a boy now and will go off to school in two weeks.

Then I read this and my heart felt a little better.

Mommy off the Record

So lovely. I felt like I was there with you laying him down in the crib. I felt everything you described. Wonderful post. Dare I say, a perfect post? I am sure I'll be back to read it again.

mamatulip

Good goddamn girl, can you write.

Beautiful.

Mrs. Chicky

sniff

Yes, the pain is good. Very good.

Lotta

Stunning writing. Stunning. You have so nailed the experience.

RC of strangeculture

Good writing, i especially like the discription of the fuzz pills on the blanket.

--RC of strangeculture.blogspot.com

wordgirl

It makes me feel like whispering, "ssshhh..someone's sleeping". Just beautiful.

Kevin Charnas

That was really beautiful...palpable, in fact.

Shelly Franz

What Mama Tulip said...

Mignon

I've always wanted to write about that scary/exultant feeling of finally getting a toddler to sleep but have never been able to capture it the way you did. That was excellent.

mothergoosemouse

Unbelievable how you can capture so much feeling in the briefest of moments. The pictures you paint with words are truly incredible.

Ruth Dynamite

So vivid, so perceptive, so true. Debbie, your words are a photograph. Thanks for letting us look.

Dawn

Brava

MelanieinOrygun

P.S. and also: Thanks for the hug. I needed that.
Almost done with the first half of the hellday... now on to the other part... Helping Dad Find A Nest In Which To Spend His Retirement. Happy! Happy! Joy! Joy!

Emily

I'm having these feelings too. My baby girl is 4 1/2 months now, and she'll be my last.
This peice reminded me of what if was like to nurse TV (my boy, 4 years...well, today! It's past midnight!) for the last time. And I wonder when you weaned your boy. Recently?
I see I'm not the only one who doesn't necessarily wipe up spilled beverages right away. ooh.
Oh, god! I just "got" the spilled milk symbolism/reference. I'll bet that was sub-conscious rather than intended! Cool.

OddMix

Awesome post! I felt your words to my core. Wow.

Jenny

I'm not going to read your stuff at work anymore. It's too overwhelming and painful...but in such an amazingly good way.

Binky

I love the end of the third paragraph, from the state of the blanket to no longer. It's the perfect amount of description and emotion. Really good stuff.

julia

They never tell you that loving your kids can also rip your heart out and tear at your soul.

That was gorgeous.

Mayberry

Beautiful. I especially agree with Mignon. You're dying to get them to sleep so you can clean the kitchen, and yet it's so hard to tear yourself away.

Lily

Can't. Read. At. Work.

Seriously... between the stinging eyes and the tugging heartstrings...

Kristen

This was so beautiful. If I wrote it, I'd put it in third person too - the emotions are so raw that you need that distance from it sometimes.

Nancy

(speechless)

So beautiful and moving. And so real.

NotThatTara

I'm one of those people who just found you thanks to Amalah.

This post is incredible--you totally capture that overwhelming feeling, the love that is so all-consuming you can't even let yourself fully feel it because it would incinerate you where you stand. I feel this every night when I put my son to bed.

I think I've just found myself a new daily read. Thank you.

Oh, The Joys

How did I miss this one?
Really beautiful!

Dayngr

mmmmmmmm so good. Just last night I was rocking my baby girl wondering to myself how much longer I would be allowed to cuddle her, caress her and sing her gently to sleep. Time passes too quickly and it is so bittersweet.

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