Last year’s Thanksgiving gratitudes are all relevant still today. I have Dido’s Thank You running through my head this morning. Yesterday was 35 people for dinner in Marion – a big crowd, lots of chaos with 7 rambunctious children running around, and a rich assortment of family and old friends.I’m tired from poor sleep and [...]
Am feeling quiet and contemplative tonight. Thinking about thanksgiving, and gratitude, and about rounding the curve to the end of another year. Thinking about those I love most and those whom I’m lucky to know love me, in all of my messy complexity. She was so restless, liked so much to be alone. – Ellen [...]
Tonight, I tucked Whit in, prying his Legos from his hands (treasured Lego creation in bed = waking up desolate, surrounded by pieces, with Lego imprint on cheek) and kissing him before shutting the door. I hear feet running to the door. “Mummy!! Plug in my nightlight!” “Okay, Whit.” I plug it in. “Now get [...]
I really enjoyed this article/book review from the New Yorker (thank you Kara!). The discussion of the perils of overparenting resonates with me. I am so opposed to doing this that sometimes I think I overcorrect, to Grace and Whit’s detriment. I especially like the reality check at the end of the article, where the [...]
It is a very very cold Sunday here in Cambridge! The morning started off with homemade muffins. Then Whit built a “Star Wars airplane” out of Lego and Grace attempted some Early Readers. … See my Tabblo> Email this post
Hilary called to report that Hannah was playing with two stuffed animals and named them (completely of her own accord) Sasha and Malia. I love it. Email this post
We are moving towards the solstice, and there is still so much here that I do not understand. Email this post
This day opened with a rare moment of sibling closeness. Grace and Whit curled up in her bed and she showed him how to play with her leapster. The lack of screaming was deafening and a delight!Then Gracie and I biked to school, and I came home and went to Starbucks (a major problem with [...]
Today we finally biked to school; Grace has wanted to do this for ages and there has always been a reason not to (it’s raining, need to take Whit to school too across Cambridge, I have to go to Providence from BB&N, etc). Today, we did it. It was 25 degrees. My usual impeccable timing [...]
I had lunch with Natalie today, and she got me thinking about raising boys. This mulling led me to finally crack open a book that Elizabeth Newman suggested months ago. I only read about 30 pages of It’s a Boy! but I am already choking back tears. The introduction cites four things you should do [...]
