Category Archives: Family

Peace, Love, and Incessant Crying

The twins turned five weeks old yesterday, and I thought I would offer some observations about the experience so far for anyone who might be curious. First off, parenting two newborns is not as hectic as I anticipated it would … Continue reading

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Life of Five

It’s been just over two weeks since my “Almost Here” post, and some of you might be wondering if something went wrong with the birth. Others might just chalk my radio silence up to the addition of newborn twins to … Continue reading

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The Day is (Almost) Here

So my Prop 8/ DOMA Supreme Court blog post got sidetracked–Kris has developed a late-term complication, so to be safe, our OB has decided to induce her at 37 weeks. Which is, um, tomorrow. In eight hours, we’ll climb into … Continue reading

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Same Love

My Prop 8/ DOMA post is still percolating around inside my head, but in the meantime, thought I would share this video, in case you haven’t seen it yet, from Macklemore and Ryan Lewis and featuring Mary Lambert. Enjoy.

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REBLOG: This is What Gay Marriage Looks Like

I plan to blog (probably at some length!) on yesterday’s and today’s historic supreme court oral arguments on Prop 8 and DOMA, but in the meantime, I thought it might be worth reposting my piece from last year called “This … Continue reading

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