Megan

November 17, 2008

November 10, 2008

  • Nine O'Clock and All is Not Well, But It Will Be

    By Megan
    I've been praying for a week about this day - just leaning on God to give me what I need to do what needs to be done for my little family from hour to hour on this, my first real, serious day as a mother of two. (…)

November 3, 2008

  • My Knight in Shining Wingtips

    By Megan
    I wrote this post for FriedOkra back in the summer, before Peabody was born. I was all-kindsa pregnant, all hot and cranky and clumsy and OVER IT ALREADY! (…)

October 27, 2008

  • Decision '08

    By Megan
    I'm hearing nigglings of some major election comin' up here soon.  What's that all about again?  I can't keep up with current events right now, are you kiddin' me?  I don't remember what month it is most of the time. (…)

October 20, 2008

  • Planning the Work and Working the Plan

    By Megan
    Have I told y'all that before I married Al, we worked together?   Well, we did.  And having worked together for a decade in various capacities has, as you can imagine, had a somewhat significant impact on our married life.  We can, when we step back and choose to, employ the tactics of working together that we learned in our professional relationship to address issues arising now that we're a couple. (…)

October 13, 2008

  • We're Just Two Crankypants Ships That Pass in the Night

    By Megan
    My sweet husband and I are fast becoming strangers, as we've divided up a great deal of this phase of double-parenting into shifts, and in those minutes when one or both of us aren't occupied wiping or soothing or feeding or playing Candyland, we're both completely beat, cranky and don't have another ounce of energy to meet one another's needs. (…)

October 6, 2008

  • I Didn't Make the Cake

    By Megan
    I called my Mom earlier this week, just as she was wrapping up a luncheon she hosted for a couple of her friends. (…)

September 29, 2008

September 22, 2008

September 15, 2008

  • While My Computer Gently Weeps

    By Megan
    Wouldn't y'all think writing a post on the topic of parenting'd be the easiest thing in the world for a woman in my position? (…)

September 8, 2008

  • Moon Over Charlotte

    By Megan
    On our trip down South last month, we had a three-hour-and-something layover at the Charlotte airport. I know it sounds awful, but it really was a pleasant and memorable experience. (…)

September 1, 2008

  • Putting Learning in Its Place

    By Megan

    This particular Megan, not FriedOkra Megan, but a pretty awesome substitute, for sure, is mama to two gorgeous girls and is never one to shy away from bathroom conversations. (…)

August 25, 2008

August 18, 2008

  • The View from Here

    By Megan

    Everything. Everything. Is beautiful.
    For seventy-five percent of every day, this is what I see when I look down. A beautiful, peaceful, slurpiliciously perfect face. (…)

August 11, 2008

  • I Feel for You. I Think I Love You.

    By Megan
    Early in the morning of the day I found out I was pregnant with Bean, a few short hours before I'd done any calendar-related math in my head, before I experienced the inexplicable soft, velvety stirring of her inside myself, I drove to work in the cold, bright February dawn, and heard this song by Elton John:
    Hey you, you're a child in my head
    You haven't walked yet
    Your first words have yet to be said
    But I swear you'll be blessed
    I know you're still just a dream
    your eyes might be green
    Or the bluest that I've ever seen
    Anyway you'll be blessed
    And you, you'll be blessed
    You'll have the best
    I promise you that
    I'll pick a star from the sky
    Pull your name from a hat
    I promise you that, promise you that, promise you that
    You'll be blessed
    I need you before I'm too old
    To have and to hold
    To walk with you and watch you grow
    And know that you're blessed
    – Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
    And I cried. (…)

August 4, 2008

  • Taking the Angst Out of Introversion

    By Megan
    My husband and I both pretty much put the "I" in introvert, but I bet 9 out of 10 people who know us wouldn't believe us if we told them that. (…)

July 28, 2008

July 21, 2008

July 14, 2008

  • Here Stands a Mother on the Edge. Of Everything.

    By Megan
    Every few days, Bean and I wander into the baby's room, and as I hover at the edge of his crib, she climbs up to stand on the railing beside me, close enough that I can breathe in her scent and tuck an arm around her to pull her in against me. (…)

July 11, 2008