We just looked at the Storypeople More than a Princess print that is hanging on Grace’s wall. I finally tired of Grace swanning around in her Cinderella dress and heels and jewelry and tiara and said, “Gracie, you are much more than a princess – they just don’t have a name for it yet on [...]
This morning, lying on the floor in the living room in Marion. Yesterday I bribed Whit to nap with a new toy and some cheez-it crackers. I’m ashamed and delighted to say it worked like a charm: he lay down in the king bed in my sister’s room and I lay down next to him [...]
Next week, Barack Obama will accept the Democratic nomination for president 45 years to the day after Martin Luther King Jr delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. This gives me shivers. As does a letter published by Dave Stewart about his new single, “American Prayer,” which he wrote with Bono. Worth reading the letter [...]
You can’t stop the waves but you can learn to surf. – Jon Kabat Zinn Email this post
Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength. – Sigmund Freud Life is a process. We are a process. The universe is a process. – Anne Wilson Schaef Email this post
Catherine Newman yet again puts my thoughts into far more articulate words, right here. The ravelling string, the tension between closeness and distance, the endless trading off between reliance and independence. I guess this is my theme of the summer. For example: Whit has been sleeping like an absolute NIGHTMARE (and you optimists thought I [...]
Hadley and I named my future book tonight. It’s called … Please take your heathens and go (and I did) Email this post
me: “Grace, you know, in one week it will be my birthday” G: “Really, Mummy?” me: “Yes, it will. Do you think I’m old?” G: “No.” me: “Do you think I’m young?” G: “No.” pause G: “I think you are medium.“ If that’s not the definition of middle-aged, I’m not sure what is! *****************me: “Grace, [...]
