The International Day of Acceptance is this Monday, January 20th. Instead of a post on this subject here at The Cute Syndrome blog, I submitted an essay to 3E Love’s Essay Contest to help celebrate the day. You can read and vote for our essay if you follow this link: https://www.facebook.com/3elove?sk=app_230817203715611&app_data=entry_id%3D482361 Check out the essay contest … Read More

In honor of Esmé’s birthday today, in honor of this little girl who has brought such light and joy into my life, I want to tell all of you about what happened yesterday. You see, I have written about three versions of her birthday post…some of them trying to explain the way I feel on … Read More

Honestly, I am not really into the whole New Year’s Resolution business. I used to make goals for the New Year, but I find myself increasingly surprised by the direction life takes me…so, making goals for the year to come just seems crazy! But what doesn’t seem crazy to me is to regularly remind myself … Read More

You might not know, before this blog, before this open and very public proclamation of life with Esmé, there was another blog. A seed, perhaps, of this thing, The Cute Syndrome…but it was entirely focused inward into the space between Esmé and me. I began writing letters to Esmé when I was pregnant with her … Read More

So I can be a little bit of a grinch at Christmas. But when I was pregnant with Ez I decided I really wanted to make Christmas special for her. As a young child I had such magical Christmas celebrations. As I explained in my previous post, my mother doesn’t do things halfway. So while … Read More

I still rock Ezzy to sleep every night. We have a fairly elaborate ceremony at this point that has evolved as a way to avoid her getting upset and holding her breath, retching, and/or not falling asleep for hours beyond her bedtime. Most nights it takes 45 minutes to an hour. Sometimes, when she is … Read More

I want you to do me a favor. Think about what exactly you do in order to get up from sitting on the floor. Try to think it through, in steps, like you would explain it to someone who didn’t know how… Kind of hard, right? If you are an able-bodied person these things tend … Read More

It is funny that now, with my dissertation “done” I find myself a bit at a loss for words here. I started a post in my head about Thanksgiving and another one about our last hospital stay. I started writing one about how Esmé has started sitting up unsupported… But I think what I want … Read More

Some of you may not know this about me…but for the last six or so years I have been working (on and off) on a PhD in Communication and Rhetoric. Since Ez was born completing this project seemed pretty unimportant…and I have periodically let that part of me–the professional academic part of myself– all but … Read More

Yesterday I was sitting in Panera working like crazy on my dissertation defense presentation–which is now five days away–and my cell rang. Someone was calling from my house. Ezzy was home with her longtime nurse…who pretty rarely has questions for me when she is watching Ez. Now, Ezzy has been having pretty significant pain (which … Read More