Category Archives: family

Um… nevermind

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Arizela

So you may have noticed that those site changes I mentioned last month never materialized. Yeah… about that… I’ve been seeing a lot of writing advice lately about perseverance, and it got me thinking. So I said to my husband … Continue reading →

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In the (Personal) News

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Arizela

Life has been a little crazy in my house for the last year or so. I lost a sister this time last year, and another moved in with my family and (happily on all accounts) stayed with us a bit … Continue reading →

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Wandering Wisdumb

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Arizela

If you are going to have children, study Lamaze – even if you don’t use it while giving birth, trust me, you’ll need it when they hit puberty.

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Changing of the Leaves

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Arizela

For the last three and a half months, life in my house has been pretty hectic. My sister has been living with us since May, and at the end of July she became a grandmother for the first time. A … Continue reading →

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Searching for the Spark

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Arizela

My sister Kate wasn’t really my sister. She was biologically my aunt. She was also my part-time parental figure and called me her sister because my grandparents (her parents) had more to do with my upbringing than my mother did. … Continue reading →

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