Mama(e) in Translation

2 sons, 2 languages, 2 countries, 2 "worlds" (work/home), 2 PhDs. Where translation and "in-between-ness" have become a way of life. Now with 2 cats & 2 Universities!

Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Baby's ONE!

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I can hardly believe it, but my baby's one. No, it doesn't seem like yesterday that he was born. We did have a long year, but even t...
Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Busy (busy?)/ Taking long to get a Ph.D.

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Well, just to keep this blog going... We're a bit busy because we're going to Massachusetts this weekend for my husband's commen...
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Monday, May 09, 2005

Neighbor Girl is OK/ My son's reaction

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*updated on 11/11/07 to add photos of Kelvin as he asked the questions I listed in the third paragraph below. His face is just so expressive...
Sunday, May 08, 2005

Mother's day... 3 posts in one

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After a lovely breakfast in bed, a card, a gift and a private "concert" from my singing 3 year old, I've come here to try to p...
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Monday, May 02, 2005

I'm back (if baby doesn't shut off the computer again : )

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Not much going on here in this blog, right? Everyday I keep on thinking, oh, OK, today I'll post in the blog, I'll write this and th...
Friday, April 22, 2005

When it rains...

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... it pours. This is one of the Anglo (what should I say, English, American? I don't know if it's either or both or whatever) expre...
Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Contextualizing "mommy wars"

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Here I want to post some links to other "mama blogs" that I read some time ago and that taught me about "mommy wars". I ...
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Friday, April 15, 2005

No “Mommy Wars” in Brazil

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In Brazil there are no mommy wars, generally speaking. (Disclaimer: I know this is a very blunt statement, and the analysis below perhaps a ...
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Thursday, April 14, 2005

In love with my babies... or baby & big boy?

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These past few days I've been sooooo infatuated by my cute, cute, cute 10 month-old! Not that I haven't been crazy about him all alo...
Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Writing and rewriting

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I just edited the post below... it's good to get things going here in my blog by posting directly online, but I can't help but want ...
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Monday, April 11, 2005

Back "home"

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We've been back home for over a week now (we flew back on March 30). Back to our house/home, but still away from home (country)... I...
Tuesday, March 22, 2005

In Brasil... and the tale of me between two countries

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So I've been in Brasil (in this post I insist in using the Portuguese spelling for my country, as perhaps I should always do) for many w...
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Progress!! I added links!

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Finally, FINALLY I was able to change this blog's template a bit to add links to the blogs I read, and 2 websites. Hopefully soon I can ...
Tuesday, February 01, 2005

Part of a trend?

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I just found out (obviously from another mother blog) that I am part of a "trend" of mama (or, to be more politically correct) par...
Wednesday, January 19, 2005

Reacting

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I DO read several other blogs, you know... I just haven't figured out a way to list/link to them in my Blog with this template - ignoran...
Monday, January 10, 2005

New Year? (a bit late)

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Yes, a new year, but it was so anticlimatic this time, with the Tsunami tragedy and all... But our holidays were not that bad. It was onl...
Thursday, December 23, 2004

Saudade.../ Holiday blues...

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It's hard to be here and have most of the family down in sunny and warm Brazil, eating tons of delicious fruit, enjoying the beach, and...
Monday, December 13, 2004

so what?/ a que vim?

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I started a blog, but I’m not even writing on it. Partly because of the awareness that it's almost useless - nobody reads it yet. I have...
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Monday, November 15, 2004

As an Introduction.../ À Guisa de Introdução...

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My first question was: do I write a blog in English or in Portuguese? In spite of having English as my main "writing" and "th...
Sunday, November 14, 2004

a picture is worth...

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Well, as my obsession with photographs would have it, the first thing I posted to my blog was a picture. I was trying to figure out how hell...
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I'm a Brazilian immigrant (used to say expatriate, have problems with this word now), living in the U.S. since 1996 with my husband and two sons (born in March 2002 and May 2004). I'm a mother, first and foremost, -- mamãe in my mother-tongue, hence the (e) of the blog title -- but after "ten years and two sons" I finally finished my Ph.D. in literature in 2008. After six years away from teaching (including a year home/cyber schooling my sons - 2009-10), I'm finally back in higher-education. I've been blogging here for eleven years, so welcome to my site and feel free to stay for a while and look around. Our lives are a roller coaster, never lacking in ups and downs! ;-)
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