aaryn b.'s Page

Ruby has been somewhat cold toward me since I spent two of the past
three weekends away. The first was a business trip that took me to the
desert. The second was...well, I've already gone on and on about the
place I won't mention again, but in case you're new here, it sounds
like man can disco. Aside
from the effusive greetings I received upon my return each time, the
child has been extremely daddy-centric, not permitting me to so much as
change a diaper… Continue

… Continue

Marriage is hard. So hard, apparently, that after nearly 35 years of it, Carlos Santana’s wife is throwing in the kitchen towel. Being married to a rock star, I have to think she’s weathered more than her share of absenteeism, megalomaniacal behavior, drug use and infidelity. Oh, the string of women and coke binges and busted up hotel rooms she must have endured. Of course, I also have to assume that she must have been compensated handsomely with elaborate a

… Continue

I've been thinking a lot about Ruby's birthmother lately. There is not
one particular event or anniversary to have caused my mind to wander on
the topic, though Ruby is turning into such a person that with each new
development, I find myself thinking, "Oh, C would just love this!" or "Ruby's such a spectacular child, I hate that C is missing out on knowing her." I've also done a lot of reading lately about adoption practices and regulation and it causes me to stop to consider w… Continue

As some of you may have noticed by the badge over there to the
right---->, I am participating in the NaBloPoMo thing-a-ma-gig. I
can't even pronounce it because the whole thing is like a tongue
twister (try repeating it ten times), but the whole idea is to write
one blog post every day during the month of November.

A cyber-friend of mine who is really beautiful and smart and caustic and funny and… Continue