Perhaps all is not lost. On the ride home from school today, Grace announces that for her birthday (life revolves around birthday parties, so despite the fact that it’s 9 months away, it’s all we talk about) she’d like cupcakes that are half Princess and half Spiderman. Sure thing. Getting right on that. Email this [...]
“What Ruth has known all along: what will happen can’t be stopped. Aim for grace.”- Ann Beattie, “Learning to Fall” From Lace, who always knows exactly what I need. Love. Email this post
A good day. It’s been a while since i finished the Sunday puzzle on my own. Whit’s been good company too. Yesterday he took a killer nap, and then we went for a long walk while the sun was setting. Then Mimi took over for bed, bath, and beyond which is always good. Today we [...]
Peggy Orenstein is joining Catherine Newman in the pantheon of My Favorite Modern Writers. I read her NYT article, What’s Wrong With Cinderella? this morning and it got me thinking about my conflicts over Grace’s nascent princess fascination. The stat about girls with the most conventionally held beliefs being more likely to be depressed and [...]
For some reason have had Crossing the Bar in my head lately – one of Tennyson’s finest, and a poem that always makes me think of my Daddy. Not sure why it’s on my mind – it’s a little gloomy, to some, though I think it’s hopeful and reassuring. Maybe it’s just the notion that [...]
Just piled Matt and Gracie into the car (with Mary Poppins on DVD, much to Matt’s delight) and am now hanging out with Whit. Matt & Grace are going up to New Hampshire to join the Lavallees for a ski weekend and I’m going to hold down the fort with the little guy. He’s sadly [...]
