Category Archives: Reminiscing

My year in pictures

Posted on December 28, 2008 by Carrie

Individual memories are so numerous and scattered that sometimes it’s easier to sum up a year by reflecting on what struck me as important enough, in the moment, to capture visually. If a picture is worth a thousand words, here … Continue reading →

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Required Holiday Viewing

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Carrie

Until I was dating Eric, I had never seen “It’s a Wonderful Life,” not even once. I still haven’t seen “A Miracle on 49th 34th Street.” (Whoops!) These things just never happened to appear on my family’s little television during … Continue reading →

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October!

Posted on October 1, 2008 by Carrie

Every year, people and stores (the former following the latter like docile sheep) crank out the holiday stuff earlier and earlier. Halloween stuff up in August, Thanksgiving in September…somebody I know saw, no lie, Christmas stuff out last month in … Continue reading →

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Race in about four hours

Posted on December 31, 2007 by Carrie

I’m all jittery. I always get like this before a race, where part of me is excited and ready, and part wants to hide behind the sofa until it’s over. What’s up with that? It’s not like I’m a contender … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Wish

Posted on December 24, 2007 by Carrie

Read more… or Read more right here… » Sam and Gabe are fed, bathed, dressed in pajamas and robes, and are bursting with excitement. Of course, I love watching them bounce and glow like this, but I can’t help but … Continue reading →

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Melancholy

Posted on December 24, 2007 by Carrie

I was telling Sam about his first Christmas, when he was six months old. We celebrated at Eric’s family’s house that year. In the middle of telling him about it, I was struck with sadness, an overwhelming longing to see … Continue reading →

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Therapy

Posted on December 21, 2007 by Carrie

Read more… or Read more right here… » When I was in junior high and high school, our school cafeteria sold these chocolate chip cookies that were, in my opinion, just this side of what I’ll expect to find in … Continue reading →

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Christmas Shopping

Posted on December 11, 2007 by Carrie

Long ago, shopping was a pretty simple affair for me. I had a set amount of money, gleaned from birthday presents, allowances, or what I could earn with little crafts that Mom would sell for me at her craft show … Continue reading →

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Christmas, 1995

Posted on December 7, 2007 by Carrie

It pains me to admit it, but I can’t remember the exact date. I think it may have been the twelfth? Anyway, that was the evening that Eric took me out for dinner at The Glasshouse Grille, one of the … Continue reading →

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Unexpected attention

Posted on December 5, 2007 by Carrie

So Eric’s in Kentucky, which means that it’s another week of church choir rehearsal where the director and the tenor section are both all, “Carrie, where’s Eric?” and I’m smiling and saying, “Why, he’s away on business!” like it’s the … Continue reading →

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