By Amber DuBois
We are home! Hooray!
OK, in fairness, we've been home for a while now. We left Children's Hospital on January 26, at about 6 PM. It was a very strange day--it was both exciting and thrilling to take her home, but a little sad, too--the easy part was over.
I know. That does…
By Amber M. Dubois
Life in a hospital is...it's different. Time passes differently, for example. Days fraught with tension and terror never seem to end, and the good days, the stable days, they fly by on the wings of angels.
I am in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of Denver's Child…
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Amber M. Dubois
I love Christmas, don't you? I love the lights and the presents and the sweet look of greedy anticipation on my daughter's face. Christmas is just about my favorite holiday, right after Halloween and my birthday. I love every little thing about it--well, ALMOST ev…
by Amber Dubois, professional photographer and 24/7 mother
This past Saturday was Family Picture Saturday.
I know, right? I totally heard your collective gasp, followed immediately by sympathetic and concilatory phrases. I know if that such a miracle of modern technology existed, I'd be receivi…
Mom and Machines Mondays - To Whom It May Concern
By Amber Dubois (Humorist and Mom)
Dear Coyote That The Newspaper Insists Is Living Somewhere in my Neighborhood,
Go away. Seriously. You're creeping me right the heck out.
But also, when you go, could you take my oldest daughter with you? I fear I…
Relentless
by Amber Dubois
I feel that I need to preface this entry by reminding everyone that I adore my children. I adore them senselessly and completely and unendingly, but this has been one heck of a week, folks. It started with disastrous car problems and ended with TWO fundraisers kickin…
According to a new Danish study, babies born in this century in rich countries will most likely make it to 100 years old. Since the 20th Century, people are living three decades longer than the past. Improvements in he…
Once upon a time in a land not TOO far away (but far enough to be completely and totally fictional), there lived a slender, willowy brunette princess named Amber. Princess Amber was fair of face and stunningly at…
Now that Twilight is a genuine cultural world-wide hit, Mattel has swung into action to create Barbie Twilight Bella Doll
posted by The Lounging Room
No matter what age you are, it is hard to say "good-bye" to someone you love dearly. For 4-year-old Paige, who couldn't bear to let go of her father's hand while he was in formation to be deported to Iraq, it was too hard to let go for even a minute. Her mother t…
Hello, everyone!
Welcome to Mom and Machine Mondays. I thought I'd start this second blog entry with a little introduction, since I'm still new to The Lounging Room and most of you are probably new to me, too. My name is Amber Benoit Dubois and I'm the mom of two sweet little girls, Char…
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"A River Runs Through It" by Amber Dubois
When you're a Mom, a significant portion of your life revolves around bodily fluids.
This is true not only of the countless diapers you'll change before your littl…
1) Learning to read is a crucial step in children’s education because those who fare poorly in the early grades are unlikely to catch up with their more skilled classmates. - U.S. Department of Health and Sciences
2) Students who reported having all four types of reading mat…
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