But only for baby-babies, 18 months or younger. Maybe even a year or under. 

I was looking at my girls’ baby pictures and feeling nostalgic. My youngest is going into kindergarten in the fall and I’m thrilled to have the freedom to actually be alone for three hours a day, but I really miss the baby days. Not that I want to go back to them for any length of time, I just want to borrow someone’s baby for a few hours.

I miss baby coos and clean baby smells and drooly smiles and giggles. I really love newborns and how they curl up and just cuddle right into you. *sniff* I think part of the problem is that I had really good babies. The toddler years were a whole different story, but they were all good natured, happy babies who slept. (That’s key) I miss waking up hearing them play in the crib, laughing at the busy box and talking to themselves. (They’re my girls, they talked early and ALL THE TIME)

This is the reason my husband and I decided to do a permanent form of birth control. I could see us in a weak moment getting pregnant again far too easily. And really, as much as I love babies, I don’t want another one. I just want one on loan.

I think it’s time to put away the baby books and focus on my next book instead, that should keep me out of trouble for a little while. . .

Well, everyone else has sounded off on RWA, guess it’s my turn to put in my two cents. I’ve been a PAN member for 3 years. In that time I haven’t exactly been an active member. I just recently joined my local RWA chapter and even then I don’t get to many meetings. Do I appreciate wearing my PAN name badge at conferences? Heck yeah! Do I think RWA and my PAN status have helped me get published.

Not so much.

And that is more a knock on me than on RWA. As with any organization, you get out of it what you put into it. Other than giving the occasional workshop and throwing a party or two, I don’t do a whole heck of a lot for RWA.

I believe if everything I’ve read and heard second hand is true, I won’t lose my PAN status even though both my publishers have lost their RWA recognized status. Does that mean I’m any less an author, because my publishers aren’t recognized?

Nope. I’m an author because I write. I’ll continue to be a member of RWA because they have information and resourses I can benefit from and there’s safty in numbers. I’m not weeping and wailing about my publishers being excluded. Do I feel like they’re making it difficult for smaller presses, maybe a little.

All and all, my two cents is worth exactly that. If you were looking for me to blast RWA, you obviously don’t read my blog that often, hahahaha.