Category Archives: My Mother’s Journal

From My Mother’s Journal

By Erin | Published: July 28, 2010
Apparently, I was fascinating as a baby. Fascinating. * * * 11-12-83 Took 3 or 4 steps (crawling) with hands and knees both Drinking better from cup. Refuses bottle–even juice Makes cute gurgling sound
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From My Mother’s Journal, July 6, 1984

By Erin | Published: June 23, 2010
I’m terrible at winking. I look kind of spastic, like there is something wrong with my eye, a twitch or something. Now I know that I have my Aunt Leslie to blame… (Also, Bo was a black poodle we had. Not the prissy kind. The fun, lovable, tear-up-your-curtains-when-you’re-gone kind.) July 6, 1984 (a little over [...]
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From My Mother’s Journal

By Erin | Published: May 9, 2010
(added to the top of one page, in black ink) Born 5-2-83; stayed in the hospital 1 week. Was delivered by Caesarean. Had jaundice after 5 days. We brought you home on Mother’s Day! Granny stayed a week w/us. Aggie came for 3 days after you were 3 wks.
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From My Mother’s Journal, October 15, 1983

By Erin | Published: April 8, 2010
(five months) Crawled one  step or whatever.
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From My Mother’s Journal, July 1988

By Erin | Published: February 27, 2010
(five years old) Lots of changes in our lives all at once. Your Dad got a new job at McDonnell Douglas, we are moving a short distance away, 4310 Abbott Ave., the car is having lots of problems, the family room flooded again (in house on Edgewood), just to name a few things. You are [...]
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From My Mother’s Journal, 1986-1988 in Snippets

By Erin | Published: January 19, 2010
* Just notes so I won’t forget 7-86…Daddy was laid off 9-86…Mommy went to work for 3 mos. while Daddy stayed with you 12-86…We sold our house, bought a 2/BR mobile home and moved to Marshall, about 12 mi out of Ripley, WV, Jackson County. Just takes about 20 min. to get to Granny’s in [...]
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From My Mother’s Journal, or Why Kitchens Shouldn’t Have Carpet

By Erin | Published: December 1, 2009
April 10, 1984 You somehow opened a bottle of vinegar and poured half of it out on kitchen carpet. Boy, it almost knocked me out. How you opened it, I don’t know.
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