My favorite item that we won at the nursery school auction last night. I was teased by several teachers for the fact that I cry at every assembly. And I faced much taunting about what a wreck I am going to be on the last day of school. Last year I was standing in the [...]
From Catherine Newman’s weekly column this week: I am still confused sometimes about what it means to be a parent — how much you advise, how much you leave alone. They are yours but also their own. They reflect me and surpass me. I am their trusted shepherd, and it is a privilege to have [...]
Funga Alafia, ashe ashe(Welcome and peace to you. Let it be so.) Assembly yesterday featured a great song by the Blue Room, simple lyrics above. And then we closed with our family anthem, “This Land Is Your Land.” Grace knew every word! Email this post
This beverage above is not only poorly advised from a marketing standpoint (Diet Coke with vitamins and minerals?), it’s also foul tasting. I like to think of myself as a Diet Coke connoisseur – 20 oz bottles of with-lime, and 12 oz cans of the regular stuff, nice and cold (in endless supply at PEP, [...]
This picture of Grace’s was on a wall of the blue room titled “I Can…” – each child had drawn a picture with a caption “I can…” Grace’s: “I can fly with Peter Pan.” Email this post
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.- Bertrand Russell Glorious sunny day in New York. Slept fitfully last night, and woke up to run only to find my ipod crapping out after 2 miles. Alas, alas. Of course with no music and no mileage being tracked [...]
In New York for two days, and found this picture on my cell phone. It just makes me laugh. This is a kid who knows how to pout.On the subject of children, tonight I get to see Schuyler and her almost-one-year-old, Roscoe, tonight, and Missy and her bump! Babies all around.Have I mentioned that I [...]
I simply adore Eat, Pray, Love. Somehow, especially because I am listening to it, I feel like I’m talking to myself, or listening to myself talk. I love Elizabeth Gilbert’s writing style, her topic is salient, and I find myself alternately laughing and nodding in somber agreement. A long passage – but so far my [...]
How can one not smile when offered this “card” by a happy 4 1/2 year old? Email this post
Listening to Eat, Pray, Love in the car – I love it. One passage resonated. Elizabeth (narrator and memoirist) writes about learning of a family whose mother and three year old son were both diagnosed with cancer in one year. Her reaction: “Oh, wow. That family needs grace.” Her sister’s reaction: “Oh, wow. That family [...]
