The AustinMama.com Newsletter 10.02.06
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10.02.06
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One mother lights a candle and reconnects with the stranger
that is her kitchen.
Days
of obedient service,
of drawers and cabinets that open and close
open and close
open and close,
of steam rising from foam-draped dishes,
of drips, splatters and mmmm's,
of gathered plates, forks and spoons that
support, lift and deliver
edible love,
have melted
into the spot on the floor that grips a sock,
into the fingertip shadows that cluster around an active cupboard,
into the thick crumbs that roll under a turning stove knob,
into the ghost-thread of coffee that trickles down the cabinet door
and frames a tile on the countertop,
So mama lights her candle,
and moves softly and deftly through the room
like a lover,
gently rubbing the length of the cabinets
the lip of each counter
the belly of each drawer,
returning every part of the room to purity
order
preparedness,
ready to greet the nomadic, chaotic appetites
lurking beyond the door.
(C)Kim Lane
Here's what's new...
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R E C E N T L Y, O N T H E
A U S T I N M A M A B L O G
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Have you checked out the new blog yet? Lots of bloggidy goodness
going on over there. Check it:
"mine, he is! and yours!
as are the stars in his eyes
he is i's and me's and mine's
and i would readily cut off his hand."
"In the last three and half years, I'd managed to choose kids over a
career, monogamy over bachelorhood. From the moment I met my
children, all the toughest choices in their lives became ridiculously
manageable. I would take them to my breast, take them in my bed,
take them no matter what issues or quirks or ugly bumps they arrived
with or later developed. Allergies, learning disorders, high-priced
schools, tantrums, poop on the floor, puke in my hair, tears all around – fuck it all: I was going to listen to them and listen to my instincts and
we were all going to be okay. I had the big things down."
"Anyway, do they sell the BeDraggler on HSN? Because I'd like to
buy one. Then I would go to the mall, hide my non-stop-talking four-
year-old, my no-sleep-needing three-month-old, our piles and piles of
crap we need to leave the house, the stroller, and my non-bedazzled
denim-clad ass all behind a pillar of some sort. Then I would scope out
any person that looks like she has it completely together and instead of
asking her how she does it, I would shoot her with the BeDraggler, ka-
pow. I would briefly revel in some selfish schadenfreude. Then I
would drag my cavalcade of chaos over to her side and commiserate."
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curled up together
midnight steals away from me
my last four year old
-Kathy Genet
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