Parenting blog of the day: Sweet | Salty
Categories: Playground bureau
I have been reading Kate's blog Sweet | Salty for over a year, and I believe it is consistently one of the best written blogs on the entire internet, and I would say that in Heather Armstrong's living room, if she'll ever have me back. Kate lives in the beautiful Maritimes of Nova Scotia, Canada with her husband, (a manly man so good looking grand pianos crashed together when he walked with her down the street through Vancouver's gay district), their 2-year-old son Evan, and the two masculine fetuses gestating in her womb. Kate is currently pregnant with twin boys. For the last several months she has been writing about the emotional experience of coming to terms with that fact with such remarkable eloquence. I loved this post about her husband's swelling pride when they realized both babies would be boys, and I was blown away by this post about the anxiety of dealing with acquaintances who want to talk to her about the twins. As my wife and enter the territory of considering a second child, I cannot even begin to imagine what it's like to learn you're getting your third with your second, but Kate has such a powerful way of expressing the truth of that reality I can almost begin to imagine what it's like. And yet, just reading her thoughts about the way parenthood changes a life on her about page, it should be clear that Kate and her brood of men will be just fine. I have been touched by so many of the posts Kate has written about her experience parenting 2-year-old Evan. You should really just do yourself a favor and read her entire archives. This is the kind of blog that elevates the medium to true literature; this is sacred writing.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
thordora 4-26-2007 @ 1:11PM
Kate is my official girl crush. Her writing never fails to make me cry and laugh, all at once. Fabulous, Fabulous writing every single post.
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Kate 4-26-2007 @ 2:18PM
Wow! This is like having the lead singer of AC/DC tell you you can really scream.
Thanks so much Dutch, I am constantly in awe of your writing and I can't tell you how much your thumbs-up means to me. I am completely bewildered and thrilled for the mention.
And thordora, your regularly scheduled payment is enroute. :)
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janelle 4-26-2007 @ 8:04PM
Congrats Kate on the brilliant shout-out! You look fabulous in the photo too!
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Leigh 4-26-2007 @ 10:53PM
Completely well-deserved. Utterly. Sacred writing indeed! Thank you for honoring this very honest, real mama/woman/person. She's a breath of fresh air, a pick-me-up, and a comedianne all in one. Plus, who can't relate to her musings, anxieties, and bliss?
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Jeanette 4-27-2007 @ 3:12AM
Kate is indeed fabulous, divine, wonderful. So incredible, in fact, that the fabulous four became the fantastic five (or was it the fantastic four became the fabulous five? whatever) just because we wanted her in our club. The fact that she's a Nova Scotia girl just makes her even more perfect...she's a rare gem - our Kate.
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mod*mom 4-27-2007 @ 6:09PM
high praise form a blogger i just read high praise about from my fave blogger design*sponge, so i better get over + read up.
i don't get very personal or verbose on my blog, but i appreciate others who are comfortable sharing.
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Daphne 5-16-2007 @ 2:42AM
I've just stumbled on to your site via someone who enter's Kate's site on a regular basis... I feel so proud to call Kate my best friend and I just wanted to say that she is as honest and amazing in real life as she is on her blog - I feel like I know a celebrity! Her life has been turned upside down with the birth of her twins but I know she will land on her feet.
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