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!

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Welcome, New Visitors/ Sejam Bem Vindos

I decided to take a look at my stats today and I found out that because my "online friend" Zee linked to me in her latest post ...

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Happy 2nd Birthday, "Baby" - Linton's Birth Story

If you read Kelvin’s birth story , you may remember that it took me over two months of pregnancy to find out I was expecting him. The second...

Monday, May 29, 2006

Getting Better and... Hot Weather

A quick update: We're mostly better from the flu, except for my mom who's still a bit congested and coughing a lot. Whatever virus h...

Thursday, May 25, 2006

Our Breastfeeding Odyssey, Or Persistence Pays Off – Part I

I'm still quite sick, so while I can't post something "new," I leave you with this huge post I wrote a while ago, it's...

Monday, May 22, 2006

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

I haven't had much time or disposition to write lately and you'll soon know why. I thought that using the title's format (stolen...

Friday, May 19, 2006

My Son and My (future) Doctorate

K (my 4 year old): “Mama, did you buy a doctorate?” Lilian: (smiling) “No, sweetie, I’m going to earn one after I defend my dissertation, af...

Thursday, May 18, 2006

Turmoil in São Paulo (Brazil)

I've been really scared and appalled at the "dystopian"* scenario that has been unfolding in São Paulo, the largest city in Br...

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Why Babies Do That (Blog Book Tour)

I have another Blog Book Tour post coming your way, this time about a wonderful new book by Jennifer Margulis , editor of of the award winn...

Sunday, May 14, 2006

The Daughter I Didn’t Have

Should I feel like I am betraying my sons and their precious existences which have brought me inexpressible joy by writing about the daughte...

Friday, May 12, 2006

It's a Girl Blog Book Tour!

As most of you know, I have two boys , but I missed the It’s a Boy blog tour. I didn’t want to miss the It’s a Girl tour, particularly becau...

Thursday, May 11, 2006

Handwriting

I had this "bright" idea while writing a list in the car last Sunday - I wrote it right in the bottom of piece of spare blank pape...

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

The Boys and I

I was going to write a whiny post about how I wasn't happy about blogging and that I didn't think I had many readers, bla bla bla, b...

Monday, May 08, 2006

Home Improvement II

Just some pictures of the new floor for you, while I work on other posts of a more "serious" nature :) It looks pretty good, doesn...

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

As a SAHM I Should be Paid $134,121 - I guess Caitlin Flanagan disagrees

My husband just forwarded this CNNMoney article to me titled " Being a mom could be a 6-figure job " and he lamented that right no...

Monday, May 01, 2006

Home Improvement - I

My dad is quite the handyman. He can be a carpenter (e.g. he built a nice desk and shelves for me when I was a teenager), a painter, a build...

Random Notes (Bees, Teething, Arrivals et ali)

On Saturday I was stung by a bee right on my left tigh, can you believe it? Where was I? What was I doing? I was not outside by some flower...

Friday, April 28, 2006

Mother Talk - It's a Girl

Last night I was finally able to attend my very first Mother Talk here in Philly and meet Andi Buchanan , writer and also blogger , in per...

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Dissertatin' - Update #6 (Mood Swings)

I wanted to share with you two recent entries in my "Dissertation Journal." Last Thursday (4/20), I wrote: You know, I do care a g...

Monday, April 24, 2006

Spring Pictures

Here's my belated post with photos. I started uploading them large (the last ones are the first uploaded), but then decided to have them...

Saturday, April 22, 2006

Lovely Day and Bloggers Meet up!!

I shouldn't be writing because I need to sleep, but I really want to share this. Yesterday [actually, Thursday] was a lovely day all aro...

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About Me

L: 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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