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, August 25, 2009

Lost & Found

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Last week was a really intense week, no wonder things ended up getting lost. The one thing I lost and which cannot be easily replaced (for ...
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Sunday, August 23, 2009

Scratched & Bitten

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I don't blog as much as I should about him because -- in the end -- I do blog very little about my "children" (and I do see hi...
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Thursday, August 20, 2009

"We'll get you fixed up"

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That's what the navy blue clad (male) nurse said to my dad and several other patients at the emergency room examining beds this afternoo...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Nightmare Mostly Over

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For several days I lived through a thick, agonizing "nightmare" of a situation, but now it's mostly over and I can begin to br...
Thursday, August 13, 2009

Time to Post Again...

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I'm sorry if I've abandoned my blog for a little while. If you'd been wondering if there was something going on, well, there was...
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Sometimes Being a Mother Makes Things So Much Harder...

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I was really moved by this today: Embedded video from CNN Video Edited to add: In my browser (Mozilla Firefox) I get the right video, but pe...
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Blogging for Bliss

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This post is a shout out to my friend Zee whose beautiful blog Pixie Blossoms is featured in a lovely brand new book by Tara Frey , Bloggin...
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Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Brazil, Here We Go!

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We finally bought our tickets to go to Brazil in December. YAY!! I can't wait... Because two of the tickets are award travel, the boys a...
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Summing up the Summer

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These flowers kind of sum up my summer -- they're beautiful, but they don't last long enough :-). The heat wave from last week subsi...
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Saturday, August 01, 2009

I Finally Gave In...

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... And added a blogroll with a feed reader so I don't have to waste time clicking around the links in my old blogroll. Hopefully this n...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Front Door Laptop Blogging: Cyber School & First Best Friend*

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It's a very rare thing when I get to use a laptop on my lap and in odd places (like in bed, or outside) like it's supposed to used. ...
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Saturday, July 25, 2009

Blog Description

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On a whim, I changed my super-prolix blog description and made it even longer... I'm feeling chatty today, like, hmmm, always! ;-) Befo...

Academia is an Exercise in Sameness

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I was in Harvard at a conference when I said this to someone for the first time. Inside the famous, beautiful Memorial Hall , where we had b...
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Facebook is distracting me from blogging...

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... and I don't like this too much because I like blogging so much better! Facebook is ok and stuff, but I don't feel comfortable sh...
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Sunday, July 19, 2009

There Goes His Birthday Money!

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Well, good thing that there was some money left to begin with, right? In fact, I don't know if I should be glad that it took seven years...
Saturday, July 18, 2009

41 Years Ago Today...

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... My parents got married. Lucky for us their children * it has always been and still is a very loving relationship and I could not be more...
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Thursday, July 16, 2009

O Canada!

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We arrived in Montreal at 2 am last night (I guess that technically I should I say this morning...) to visit K's youngest brother, ...
Friday, July 10, 2009

A Fresh Start , Last Day to Enter Carefree Fresh Start Fund Contest! & Carefree Ultra Protection Blog Tour

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Hi there! This is a Mom Central Review feature (others here ), first, though, I need to let you know that today is the last day to enter an ...
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009

On NOT Opening a Window

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So, I'm calling the insurance and the doctor to get my current contraceptive removed and replaced so we can avoid having babies for the...
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009

40 Minus 2

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That's how old I am now... I had a lovely day and I really really enjoyed the countless "scraps" that I received in orkut (sit...
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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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