Whit and I spent the morning at Read & Romp, an annual fundraiser for Reach Out And Read that I have gone to for several years with Gracie. It was really interesting being with him this year. There are activity stations, each themed around a different children’s book. After participating in each activity (decorating a [...]
One recent morning (I cannot remember if it was Thursday, Friday, or yesterday) the children were bickering over breakfast and I got really pissed off at them. Me: “You two both got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.” Grace: “What does that mean, Mummy?” Me: “It means you woke up in [...]
“I had a tub birth.” “You gave birth with all the stuff?” “Oh, yeah. The afterbirth floats.” “Must be like the tide at Omaha Beach.” Email this post
These ladies are making me laugh today. Q sent an email looking for Halloween suggestions for she and DMC and everyone is chiming in (top: Bouff, K, Q; bottom: Bouff, Q, Dux). For the record I’m the Halloween curmudgeon in the group; I always grumbled about costumes, have never done a paired-up Halloween costume, and [...]
cannot write my own words today, so seeking solace in those of others. is the universe unfolding just as it should? when will it reveal itself to me? does anyone know? Comfort – Deb Talan When everyone has gone to sleep and you are wide awakethere’s no one left to tell your troubles to.Just an [...]
Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge. – Winston Churchill Oh how I look forward to the transmutation of my complex questions into simple clarity. And so so so much love to Gloria. Email this post
You know what I really hate? When people say, “Do you want the good news or the bad news?” and the good news is just made up and the bad news is real and bad. Not awesome. I have a few minutes of quiet after having sent the family off to soccer. As you can [...]
I talked about my quote books with a friend recently and feel like I’ve rediscovered them. Leafing through the very first one (first entry: May 23 1985) I was struck by how young and cliched I was. These are notable to me in large part because they were words that moved me when I was [...]
Anastasia took off after dropoff today so it was a big Grace/Whit/Mummy day. I went to Whit’s assembly and then brought him home for lunch. We went to speech therapy with Krista and came home for a few minutes before heading to pick Grace up. After school I took the children to a local park [...]
