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!

Friday, September 28, 2007

BOB Books -- Mother Talk Blog Book Tour

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You will think I'm making this up, but I'm not, it really happened! A few minutes before the mailcarrier brought the review copy of ...
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Thursday, September 27, 2007

Dissolution

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I learned today that our new house was sold because the couple who used to live here got divorced... and all of a sudden I just feel so sad ...
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Saturday, September 22, 2007

Are You Still There?

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Sorry it took me so long to post again. It's just that, as you may have imagined, life has finally caught up with me and left me without...
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Friday, September 14, 2007

Moving In

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When you're driving in a big highway have you ever seen those open trucks full of stuff like mattresses, furniture, home items in the ba...
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More About School: On Choice, Diversity, and Trouble

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A post in three parts: I. Choice, II. Parents and Diversity; III: School Trouble I. A few thoughts about my choice and feelings about it: Yv...
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Thursday, September 13, 2007

First Day of School Ever

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(first edited a few times because of wrong date, and then to add a detail about his lunch) Last Thursday -- a week ago -- was Kelvin's f...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

The Night Before -- Dealing with the Butterflies in My Stomach

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( written last night, but only posted today since I wasn't able to get back online) So the " wedding " is tomorrow [today], at...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

In Between-ess and Notes from the Chaotic Last 24 Hours of the First Part of the Move

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I've been working on a post about Kelvin, but won't be able to finish and post it today (meaning Monday, since it's not long aft...
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Friday, September 07, 2007

The Last Moments

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The very last moments are the hardest. The echoing bare walls and floors... their cleanliness only reminding me that things looks nice becau...
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007

The Nitty-Gritty of Do-It-Yourself Moving, or Why I Hope We Never Have to Do This Again...

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I'm writing on only about four hours of sleep, with an endless to-do list, and with two boys around me, so I probably won't sound ve...
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Little Things that Make a House a Home

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(Edited to add typo of French city name and add photo ) As our home slowly disintegrates into chaos and emptiness and is disembodied among ...
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Sunday, September 02, 2007

I've Been a Bad Bad Blogger

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Motivated by this post in my friend Aliki 's blog, I decided to come out and reveal some "blogging shortcomings" that probabl...
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Friday, August 31, 2007

Extended Brea*stfeeding and Weaning

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( Long, rambling, post ahead... but some fun photos at the end ;) ) This year August and " World Breastfe*eding Week " came and we...
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Thursday, August 30, 2007

Homeless! For a Week!

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We just found out today that our seller's [edited to correct] brokers real estate company does not allow "pre-settlement possessio...
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Pick-a-Neighborhood Game

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On Monday I wrote an email to my brother (who's been living in China since last year, in case you don't remember) explaining the rea...
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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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