Dirty Laundry Blog by Jennifer Hynes

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  • The Good Luck

    Focus on the good luck The rocket lands in the ocean By sheer luck nothing catches on fire this weekend, We are healthy- alive- under quiet dry skies, Birds chirp,… Read more

  • Maladaptive Practices

    Tears, I hide my face under the blanket, don’t want Fiona to know I’m crying. We are laying in bed, Sunday afternoon.  We rarely, if ever do this. Maybe that’s… Read more

  • Falling In Line

    Questions about Listening and Spoken Language/ Falling in Line     “Just bring the ones you want to play with” I say to Fiona. “What” she says. I realize my… Read more

  • I Will Hide from February A Little Bit Longer

        February is almost here again I have a stack of soft pink cut up paper sitting in my studio. Little pieces of paper and a quiet place in… Read more

  • I Believe In offering Sign Language for Deaf Children in Public Education

    A Letter in Preparation of my Daughters IEP and Transition to Kindergarten January, 14th, 2019   My daughter Fiona, who is almost five years old will be entering Kindergarten this… Read more

  • Favorite new works

    Artist Jenny Hynes works on paper. Read more

  • Friday

    Friday was a good day. I wrapped up my idea for my new book. It was intense, difficult, challenging. This book took a lot of work to get to this… Read more

  • The Conversation

    Telling your children their dna is different than your own Read more

  • Quiet Dark Mornings

      Dark Quiet Mornings During my years of infertility, I had insomnia. (“My years of infertility”, like those years were a sickness.) But the truth is, I’ve always suffered from… Read more

  • Holding

    The sky is grey today, it’s damp, it’s winter. I am holding a sadness inside me. I don’t know why or how to shake it. It’s something that comes and… Read more

  • Nostalgia

    I just glanced out my window and noticed I forgot a paper wreath that Fiona made with hands shaped in the I Love You sign. I didn’t even see it… Read more

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