Author Archives: CorinnaSchulenburg

(Why am I naming days?) 8/30/14, Day, 13,997 (Mercena Day 16): The Great Awake Oh sure, Mercena had been awake before. But she had never really been AWAKE…until yesterday. Much like the cognitive jump from Day Four to Day Five, Day Sixteen saw a huge leap forward in her capacity to engage with the world. She’sContinue reading “The Great Awake”

(Why am I naming days?) 8/29/14, Day, 13,996 (Mercena Day 15): Two Weeks with Mercena Two weeks… There is so much to say about these first two weeks but, as ever, not much time in which to say it. One thing I learned yesterday that feels applicable to the whole of our time together: I mustContinue reading “Two Weeks with Mercena”

(Why am I naming days?) 8/28/14, Day, 13,995 (Mercena Day 14): Woop! Hello is Fun to Play Don’t be deceived. “Woop! Hello,” is not actually all that fun to play, at least not for half an hour straight. But, when “Woop! Hello” is the only thing that soothes your daughter, play it for half an hourContinue reading “Woop! Hello is Fun to Play”

(Why am I naming days?) 8/27/14, Day, 13,994 (Mercena Day 13): Unlocking the Secret Levels of Love It may be one of the inescapable truths of my Mario and Zelda-struck generation that we can never quite shake the faith that existence really does have secret levels, other worlds to be unlocked through the right combinationContinue reading “Unlocking the Secret Levels of Love”