Tag Archives: marriage

The Stress of Motherhood

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Coming East

The baby is sick.  He has a fever, and his mommy doesn’t know what to do for him.  It matters not that the baby in question is in his early thirties and I am the mommy who is nearly thirty … Continue reading →

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If Goodbye Were Really Goodbye

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Coming East

This weekend we kicked her out, after two long years of living with her.  We have been meaning to remove her from our lives for some time now, but the prospect seemed too daunting a task.  I have more than … Continue reading →

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Daddy, It’s All Your Fault…or Mostly

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Coming East

When the No Hassle Rewards catalogue came in the mail from Capital One Bank, I pretty much ignored it until my husband had me take a look at it with him. “We have 22,000 points from our unused airline miles.  … Continue reading →

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Song Without Words

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Coming East

Mendelssohn is known for his “Song Without Words.”  I feel sure he wrote that for his wife because couples have a certain language between them that requires no speech.  That’s a good thing because for the past few years, I’ve … Continue reading →

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Balance of Power

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Coming East

This past weekend my husband and I drove from our home in Virginia Beach to Connecticut for our niece’s wedding.  K. is my husband’s sister’s daughter, but he will agree she is no less my niece than his.  This was … Continue reading →

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Windows on the Soul

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Coming East

My husband would have liked Hattie Wyatt Caraway.  When she walked into the Senate chambers as the first woman elected to serve a full term, her first words were, “The windows need washing.”  Yesterday, on a sunny September morning, my … Continue reading →

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The Curse of Automaticity

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Coming East

“Did you bring your medicine?” my husband asks. “Of course,” I say firmly.  He asks this question of me, not while we’re turning the corner in our own neighborhood, but after we’ve crossed the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel and are halfway … Continue reading →

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Creative Finance

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Coming East

It’s nearly that time again.  The time that deluges me with dread, makes me tremble with trepidation, and floods me with fear.  The scenario goes like this: “Honey, bring me your checkbook so I can reconcile it,” my husband says. … Continue reading →

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