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, September 30, 2009

Tying Loose Ends

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Note: written at the time "posted" but actually published at 12:30 am 10/1. So... Since I don't like "catch-all" pos...
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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Lost in the World, in Life, Looking for I Don't Know What

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Actually, I think I what I want to know is the answer to a few "simple" questions... Who am I? What do I want to do with my life? ...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Wherein We're Faced with Life-Changing Possibilities

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Every single day K checks for possible job openings in his area, both here and in Brazil and yesterday he found one that left him positively...
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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Still Chasing the Musical Dream -- 2nd Generation

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This story has almost acquired the status of legend in my family... It was the year of 1978. Early one morning -- apparently it was a Friday...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Kiddie Torture

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So, this is how it went today... My boys generally enjoy going to the doctor (Kelvin would say he loves to) and I thought that I had prepare...
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I Keep on Trying, I Guess I'll Never Give up!

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I just sent an abstract for an academic conference presentation in Montreal next year (see, I have a brother-in-law who lives in Montreal, I...
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LOST post!

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After my post about today's doctor's appointment was nearly done, I accidentally somehow selected the whole text and typed "nd...
Monday, September 14, 2009

Revisiting Childhood, But Not in a Good Way

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I was a lonely, sick child. And if this statement (mis)leads you into the conclusion that my childhood was bad, you'll be very mistaken,...
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Sunday, September 13, 2009

Weekend Update -- Sunny Sunday Edition

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"Summer is back!" My five year old exclaimed this morning when he realized it was going to be a warm day. Last week he was really ...
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Friday, September 11, 2009

"When flesh and steel are one," or How the Show Had to Go On

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The "flesh and steel" that Sting originally refers to in his lyrics is not meant to describe what had happened earlier on that day...

Potatoes Last Several Months in a Darkened Fridge

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They really do. I was able to verify this fact last weekend and I felt pretty sad about it. You see, in the last week of May my in-laws left...
Thursday, September 10, 2009

Cyber Schooling

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I just wanted to let you know that if any of you are insterested in the cyberschooling that we started this week, I've been posting almo...

Belated Breastfeeding Awareness Month Post

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August was Breastfeeding Awareness Month, but I was not able to scan the picture I wanted to post on time, so here it is (further below :-)....
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Wednesday, September 09, 2009

09/09/09 and Little Women

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When I was younger, like twenty years younger (yikes, it almost hurts so say that!), dates such as today's mystified me. I think that on...
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Back Home, Back to School

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Only school is at home right now. I've just posted about it on t he other blog since today was our first day of school. Our trip to...
Thursday, September 03, 2009

Dreaming is the Best Medicine

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Cheryl , you were spot on in your comment regarding that sad post. A little bit of dreaming can make all the difference. That same evening...
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Rehabilitation

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It's time to give an overdue update on my uncle's situation. I finally saw him yesterday when I brought my parents to the D.C. area ...
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Giving Up? or I Think This is MORE than just Early Fall Blues

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Bear with me, please, I'm really unhappy and need some blog therapy. I don't know what else to do with my life right now. The boys n...
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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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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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