Baby Drunk
I am normally asleep hours ago, but the ghostly insomnia that haunts me in times of stress is back again. As I wait for the half an Ambien to kick in, my mind drifts and the television mumbles.
There is a show on Discovery about the Duggar family. I believe this former State Representative and his wife now have 16 children. On the internet, you can find their website - and as many articles as you care to read either condemning this conservative family for having so many children - and bad hairstyles. Or praising them for their neoconservative values and surrender to what they consider to be God's will.
It is clearly demonstrated that the Duggars can afford to take care of their children and parent them closely. The controversy, then, is not can these parents afford or manage all their children. It is simply the number of children themselves that seems to insult so many sensibilities.
But they inflamed mine.
While I don't play the "grass is greener" game, I did watch the Duggar family in a sort of thirsty awe. Such healthy, glowing babies.
What would it be like, to be pregnant so effortlessly? To walk out into the sunshine, large with child? What would it be like, to so simply conceive children?
Mrs. Duggar, holding the newest child in the crook of her arm, looked radiant. Say what you will of her girl-mullet, the joy in her face was louder.
And I wanted to reach out my hand to the screen, so baby drunk in that moment. Wishing I could touch, feel the lightness of the baby in my hands. Feel the new skin, listen to the soft rooting sounds, grin into the curious eyes.
Baby drunk. Baby drunk. And then the tiredness finally sets in.
I push the button. The screen fades to black. Now I will stumble to bed, and pray for happier dreams.
Posted by: Elizabeth at
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((((Hug)))) Sweet dreams...
Posted by: Amber at January 19, 2006 08:53 PM (RIpBu)
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I saw that show too. Yikes. I feel sorry for the children in only one respect. They are baricaded away from society. They are not allowed to mix and mingle with other kids who don't share their family values. They aren't allowed any "different" points of view. Earth shattering!
Posted by: Eyes for Lies at January 20, 2006 03:27 AM (L67iN)
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it was kind of creepy to me. Like Mom and Dad were addicted to having babies.... regardless of whether or not they can give the kids wverything they need....
She looked like a junky getting a fix... Maybe I'm just cynical, but it really did creep me out.
Posted by: caltechgirl at January 20, 2006 07:20 AM (uI/79)
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They fascinate me as well (the show seems to run on Discovery and TLC quite often - I've seen it more than once). While the strict fundamentalism of their lifestyle skeeves me out a bit, there is no denying they all look and act exceptionally happy.
Of course, the children haven't reached a rebellious age yet...it'll be interesting to see if any tell-all memoirs come out of that family.
Posted by: madrigalia at January 20, 2006 03:50 PM (TBzUs)
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Down in the Mines
All my thoughts today are with the families and friends of the miners trapped below.
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Me too.
As it happens, I've been listening to the audiobook of Last Man Out, which is about a 1958 mine collapse. How little these things change.
Posted by: Elizabeth at January 03, 2006 07:48 AM (v+q53)
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Yes. I have been thinking of them intermittedly (sp?) all yesterday and today.
Posted by: Robin at January 03, 2006 03:04 PM (4iJ3P)
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What a way for it to end. My heart goes out to these families and the emotional roller coaster ride they have been enduring.
Posted by: Rhonda at January 04, 2006 04:23 AM (3vFfp)
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Such a sad story. It makes me think about all the laborers; miners, construction workers, etc, who do dangerous work to provide services and goods to the rest of us.
Their families could not have heard about it in a worse way.
Posted by: Laura at January 04, 2006 04:34 PM (FzMzF)
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