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

  • Twin Life

    “Are you giving me a ticket?” I ask the parking ticket lady, I can see it’s too late for her to not give me a ticket, she’s already punching in… Read more

  • Messy wake up call

    Lights on, don’t know what time it is. “I peed my bed” says Jack. For a minute I suggest he sleeps in our bed for the rest of the night.… Read more

  • Quiet Observations

    A tea stain from a splatter on thick watercolor paper. One dark line encloses light pink, a red drip and green at the bottom is all I can see of… Read more

  • Gloomy January

    On the brink of nuclear war is what the headline says today. I sit at my computer screen in early January it seems dark and gloomy. My house seems like… Read more

  • Beady eyed old lady at crappy, greasy, gossiping waitress diner

    “The last time I took you guys here, you were little babies. It was one of the first times I took you out to breakfast alone.” I say. “We were… Read more

  • Pears and Blow dryers

    I have never had a pear as delicious as the one I am eating right now. It’s…. I just sat here for seconds, maybe minutes tasting pieces of the pear,… Read more

  • Have you ever wondered?

    Have you ever wondered why you did it? Why you had kids? Why you wanted kids? It’s a trip. Then you walk in your room from the deck. A place… Read more

  • Saving Myself

    I can’t believe I only have maybe twenty minutes left before my morning free time is over. I feel a panic in my chest. I sat outside in the back… Read more

  • Life Examined

    It’s a strange thing to be working on my book about my life  ten years ago, examining my experience trying to have kids, looking back on my marriage, as my… Read more

  • I Looked at the Red Double Stroller and thought, is this the last day of not having kids?

    One of my memories right before Jack and Fiona were born, was the night of my baby shower. I looked at the red double stroller, assembled for the first time.… Read more

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