CarenSep 10, 20162 minsplashy names9/10/16 My newest baby niece has a strange and spangly name: Ariel Salina. Splashy names are kind of her parents’ M.O. The two siblings...
CarenNov 5, 20142 minguilt headache11/4/14 Because when you get married you realize that some of the things you stood by as "your thing"--like wearing clothes beyond the...
CarenNov 12, 20122 minthree years11/11/12 Three years is so little, just a teensy dusting of time. Photos of you three years ago are barely discernable from photos from...
CarenDec 23, 20091 minwhen she isn't eating her own hand,12/22/09 Stella speaks to me. Directly. She chirps and her eyebrows go up and down and they furrow in a strangely familiar way The...
CarenSep 24, 20092 minstella evangeline eng9/24/09 She's here. Officially an individual. The previous nine months of preparation, fuss, and hype still haven't lived up to the...
CarenAug 17, 20092 mindeliver us from everything8/17/09 trying to warn lawrie of the dangers of the internet, but i can't quite figure out how to tell it. "there are... bad things......
CarenJun 25, 20091 minsister6/25/09 when she is driving, i look at her wrists because they are almost exactly like mine, except paler. my wrists attach her hands to...
CarenApr 9, 20081 minuntil i fall down4/8/07 some days i feel like screaming. and no, i'm not angry, i just want to see how loud i can get. just as, some days, i feel like...
CarenDec 30, 20071 minfashion ambushed by my mom12/29/07 my mother resides in the lowest 10% on the scale of people who are allowed to give me fashion advice. but she and my father and...
CarenSep 17, 20072 minwai gong's name9/17/07 about twenty five hours ago, my grandfather died. my mom's dad. my wai gong. it was expected, i suppose--about as expected as...
CarenJun 10, 20072 minto the rescue6/10/07 don't let my parents trick you into trusting them just because they're pastors. don't let their smallness and cuteness fool ...
CarenOct 14, 20061 minmost of my memories escape me, or confuse themselves with dreams10/13/06 kinda like that image that plays over and over in my head like a dusty silent film. there's a guy in a cowboy hat, and he's...
CarenMay 24, 20061 minbeing home5/23/06 my mother, typical of my mother, puts on her you're-sometimes-mean-to-me-but-i-love-you-unconditionally face and asks me to...
CarenJan 7, 20061 minpraise dancing1/6/06 as i type this, the thin, warbly noise of about half a dozen singing voices rises up from the depths of my basement. who is it? ...
CarenDec 24, 20051 mincommunist hat12/23/05 i have this hat. it looks like a communist hat. i did not realize this until nicole looked at me wearing it and said, "you...