Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

So when our oldest daughter was born 7 years ago, we were over-joyed.and maybe a bit overwhelmed. Right after our daughter was born, I read an article in the newspaper that tugged at my heart and my postpartum hormones. The local Salvation Army was looking for sponsors for their annual Adopt-a-Family Christmas program.

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It has also left him and his family to deal with many subsequent challenges: the dreaded return of lymphoma, a chronic illness (graft-versus-host disease) and many conflicting emotions. He is married to author Kate Washington, and they have two daughters: Nora (17) and Lucy (13).

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Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 25, 2014

At 8:15 this morning, my youngest daughter climbed on the bus for her first day of first grade. Since the fall of 2005, I have primarily been a stay at home mother to our two daughters. I’m excited for all of the possibilities that lie ahead for my daughters…and for me too. It’s been a long time coming.

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Family Balance Sheet

DECEMBER 10, 2013

In 2005, we celebrated our first Christmas as parents. In 2006, our oldest daughter was 1. I can’t find a single picture of our youngest daughter’s first Christmas. So we’ll skip on to 2009 when our second daughter was 1 1/2 and our oldest was 4. No wrinkles, no gray…just big hair and our youth.

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APRIL 24, 2014

This photo was taken the morning after the home birth of our oldest daughter. Our daughter was born at 6 pm on a fall day in 2005. What I never expected or intended was that I would be 36 when I would become a mother. Yes, you read that right–a home birth, but that story is for another time.

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 19, 2012

Once I became pregnant with our first daughter in 2005, at the ripe old age of 35, I stopped running completely and took up walking. Thank you for supporting Family Balance Sheet! In my early 30's, I competed in several sprint triathlons. I continued to walk after she was born and kept going through my second pregnancy.

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