When I look back upon the youth of all my children, I see good decisions and bad; successes and failures; proud and regret. This blog is a chronicle of my musings.

After my second child was born, Amah wasn't as popular (with the adults.) I guess it wasn't as novel. There were other babble-words that made their way into daily conversation. But Amah didn't have the

After my first child was born, the adults were often heard muttering Amah, mimicking the baby. It's strange how a young baby can have such an influence on adults. A new word was introduced, out of thin

Amah is the word for 'mother' in several languages. It makes sense that the term is is used even across languages that are unrelated. It's the first consistent babble that a baby makes, so of course it's