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Whippets and Subarus: The Challenges of Fragility
This week was an intense week for every thing with moving parts in our family. It started with our dog, Smoke. Smoke is a Whippet. This makes her possibly the most nervous and fragile being I have ever come across. I mean, it couldn’t be that she lives in a home with two rambunctious tiny…
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a mindful life
The other night, after returning home from a family visit which left my kids knocked out in the car, I seized the opportunity to watch a Redbox movie that was already a night late. After transferring the tiny trolls to my bed, fully clothed and peacefully sleeping, I turned on The Intern, which featured Robert DeNiro and…
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Waiting to Evolve…
That’s a passive title, isn’t it? Written by an author who is waiting for life to happen to her, rather than making life happen. It’s the place I tend to go to when life feels overwhelming. A life-sized Eeyore. It seems that it has been ages since I last wrote a blog. Writing usually brings…
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Let Me Repeat Your Order to See if I Got This Right…You’d Like an Aerospace Engineer Who Loves Cricket and Spicy Food and Has a Good Health History…
It has been two weeks and I’m trying to stay on a regular schedule of documenting life as it goes with my two minions. Well, unfortunately, they are far from minions. They are usually not that cute, they rarely listen to what I have to say, and I can always understand what they say back…
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Yeah…I am that parent. And my plan failed.
Recall my earlier post about those loser parents at the elementary schools I visited in December who were like “my kid is so cool and smart, can your school cut it?” Yeah, I put in for the lottery to get my son into one of those schools. And my plan failed. My rejection letter arrived…
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A Rambling on Friendship (It All Comes Together in the End)
This summer, while visiting my hometown, I had an experience that blew up everything I’ve known to be true about myself as a friend. Now, several months have passed, and the event is something I still revisit in my mind weekly. Not only did it have a severe impact on my role as a friend,…
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Let’s Step Outside, Johnny. It’s Time to Deal with the Wrath of Momma
My son has an “oral” issue. It started when I began feeding him soft foods. When was that? Three or four months? The years slip by…He would insist on following every bite of food by sticking the two center fingers of his left hand into his mouth. If I didn’t let him do this, he would…
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When the Show Must Go On…
When I experienced disappointment, heartbreak, and discouragement pre-children, I had the freedom to go to bed at 4 in the afternoon if I wanted to, lose myself in a Law and Order marathon, or call a friend and talk for hours about how much the world sucked. Post-children, there is no time for processing. Grief…
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Can You Accommodate My Child’s Brilliance at Your Average Elementary School?
Hi. My child has an IQ of 140, can juggle fire and is an accomplished French chef. He was recently contacted by NASA to lead the next space mission to Mars. He is only 5, but reads at the college level. Tell me, can you accommodate such brilliance at your elementary school, here in the…
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5 Foods Every American Child Loves – Except Mine – and How I Cope
I have a serious issue. Some might call it a first-world problem. It is probably some form of Karma. It makes play dates pretty awkward. Friend: “We are so looking forward to having Caleb over for a play date. Does he like pizza?” Of course this question is just a courtesy. Every kid loves pizza,…
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