Erin, that is so very upsetting. I'm sorry about Shadow. And your dad.
River: You gave up everything you had. Simon: [Chinese] Everything I have is right here.
'Safe'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
javachik - May 26, 2012 5:58:14 pm PDT #14027 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Aims - May 26, 2012 6:16:17 pm PDT #14028 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Pardon my posting the whole album, but at the top are pics from Em's first ballet recital today. It is ridiculous how big her eyes are.
Atropa - May 26, 2012 6:18:10 pm PDT #14029 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Who is that grown-up looking girl?! That cannot be Em! No. Just like I keep refusing to believe that Princess Tickybox is seven and will tell me all about LotR and/or Pokemon every chance she gets.
The passage of time is wigging me out.
Aims - May 26, 2012 6:20:15 pm PDT #14030 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
LotR
Last weekend at Aine's wedding, Em was playing frisbee with some of the older kids and every time Em caught it she yelled, "MY PRECIOUS!" Joe and I looked at each other, sighed, and admired our little Nerdling.
Re: the Passage of Time - it is ridic. There are some smallish signs of puberty in the offing already in the form of longinsh blonde hairs in her armpits. I saw them and thought, "No. No no no no. Give me at least 4 more years."
billytea - May 26, 2012 7:23:58 pm PDT #14031 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I'm sorry, Erin. That's hard, to lose a pet like that.
Burrell - May 26, 2012 7:35:15 pm PDT #14032 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Re: the Passage of Time - it is ridic.
But I love this age, it's so magical.
Secret admission: Franny and Isaac sometimes sleep in the same bed. Does that make me a weirdo, that I let them? Because for me it often amounts to a night off from having kids show up in my bed in the middle of the night.
Aims - May 26, 2012 7:36:21 pm PDT #14033 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Not at all. My brother and sister and I would share a bed occasionally. Especially if it was in the basement so my parents could catch a break.
Stephanie - May 26, 2012 7:38:38 pm PDT #14034 of 30001
Trust my rage
My kids all sleep with me but it's more like they sleep together on one side. If I ever get them out of my room, I expect it will be together.
DavidS - May 26, 2012 7:38:39 pm PDT #14035 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Does that make me a weirdo, that I let them?
Not at all. Used to be common for most families to share a bed. My mom shared a bed with her sister all the way through high school.
When Matilda was littler I often would drop her off in Emmett's bed in the morning for half an hour so they could cuddle when I took a shower.
Burrell - May 26, 2012 7:54:09 pm PDT #14036 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
phew! Thanks for the reality check. I worry sometimes that I'm encouraging porous personal boundaries, but then again my sister and I shared a bed most nights for many years of our own choice. My parents would tuck us into our own beds, but we both had trouble falling asleep on our own so we'd end up together.