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Equivalent to Christmas morning

The Penis Chronicles presents, “Equivalent to Christmas morning.” “Okay boys we need to go to bed early because we have to catch a plane in a few hours,” I advise the children as we slide into our hotel beds. We have already established the who sleeps with mom schedule and the little body beside me… Continue reading Equivalent to Christmas morning

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Seriously?

The Penis Chronicles presents, “Seriously?” The first thing you need to know is that I like putting presents under the Christmas tree before Christmas. So, any gifts that arrive in the mail from aunts and uncles get wrapped and placed under the tree. The next thing that I need to share is that my boys… Continue reading Seriously?

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Travel back in time: Travel forward

The Penis Chronicles presents, “Travel back in time: Travel forward” Sometimes I just watch them. I listen and I wonder what my life was like before them. I can’t remember and I can’t imagine being anywhere but here and now. Sometimes I remember the tinier versions of the young men I call my babies. I… Continue reading Travel back in time: Travel forward

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Anticipate

Google defines anticipate as “regard as probable; expect or predict” retrieved November 1, 2019. Anticipate They bumped and rumbled over the runway. She imagined the tiny wheels getting smaller and smaller, worn away by the rough asphalt. Silly she knew but having never flown before it was easy to imagine things as very different then… Continue reading Anticipate

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Taking a trip

The Penis Chronicles presents “Taking a trip.” Travel with children is something of its own adventure isn’t it? I remember that first time I travelled as a mom. I travelled alone with a baby that was only a few months old, and it was the kind of travel that involved an airplane. He travelled like… Continue reading Taking a trip