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Just a little pre-dinner #yoga #tbonetimothy #toddleryoga #ilovethiskid

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My toddler #tbonetimothy chose raisins and applesauce over ice cream. FINALLY, after five kids, I finally have one who listens to me. #parentingwin #toddlerlife #goals

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Tonight's #appetizer #champagnegrapes (at Connecticut)

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November Nights

When Time Falls Asleep

When the long day descends into night I lie in bed, eyes open wide despite The dark that has blanketed the room. The house moans and sighs; I think I hear Something so I hold my breath But there is nothing.

My mind races back and forth, An endless looping reel of the news feed That I scroll through every few minutes, Like a bad black and white movie, Or a film noir I watched in college come to life. The white light of the screen an Intruder in the night. My attention span grows incomplete as the night Grows darker.

I try to stop thinking and so extinguish The noise of the news. The darkness shifts as the moon makes Her way out of the clouds and peaks, peeks In through a crack in the curtains. I Watch the sliver of light, the line on the ceiling move slightly, Until the moon herself begins to fade.

Ebony and white gently slide into a soft yellow, Making dark objects around My room reappear, having been Swallowed up in shadow. Funny how The laundry pile, now visible, makes Me miss the black nothingness of night.

I lie still, listening to the world As she begins to murmur And for a moment, Nothing exists. No anger, no death, no politics. No dark nights, no bright screens. It is now that I finally close my eyes, While the world wakes. Shadow and light begin to merge and, For a moment, it is as if Time itself fell asleep. And so I pause with it.

k.kalagher

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Complicated

Who knew a spoonful of peanut butter, dipped in salted sunflower seeds, could so… decorously…define my relationship with food?

Less polite examples would include French fries dipped in strawberry milkshakes.

I told you, It’s complicated.

k.kalagher

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