“If the world were only pain and logic, who would want it? Of course, it isn’t. Neither do I mean anything miraculous, but only the light that can shine out of a life.” (Mary Oliver) Of course the world is not only logic. We can beat our heads against the wall, searching for certainty, and [...]
Halloween. I’ve never been a big Halloween fan. In fact I’m a downright curmudgeon about it. In college it seemed like an excuse for women to dress like tramps and now it seems like an excuse for boys to wield weapons. Plus I find some of the stuff about it legitimately spooky. So I’m kind [...]
I have been plagued on and off for the past several months with knee problems. And my lower back and my hips, and everything is tight. I took six weeks off this summer, which, though actually really challenging, did help the immediate situation with my right knee. Just as I was getting back into shape [...]
Grace on the first day of being seven. She looks older to me, in a single day. I can see in her face both the baby she was and the woman she will be. And this, I love. I love. Thank you to Jen of Momalom for pointing me to the marvelous poem from which [...]
The Ponds (Mary Oliver) Every year the lilies are so perfect I can hardly believe their lapped light crowding the black, mid-summer ponds. Nobody could count all of them – the muskrats swimming among the pads and the grasses can reach out their muscular arms and touch only so many, they are that rife and [...]
Grace is seven. She has had a great day. I have had a tough day. Thank you to those of you who have sent incredibly sweet and thoughtful emails, who have called to celebrate my girl – the generosity of spirit means a great deal to me. I am lucky to have you all in [...]
Dear Grace, Today you are seven. I put you to bed last night and tucked you in as a six year old for the last time. You didn’t see, but I went into my bedroom and cried a little bit. Seven years. It is such a cliche, to bemoan time’s fast passage, to wonder where [...]
Yesterday was Gracie’s birthday party. 22 six and seven year old girls, each with a favorite doll (in all but one case, an American Girl doll) in tow, had tea. It was surprisingly under control and pleasant. Today Grace and I spent all day together. This morning she wrote all of her thank you notes [...]
Yesterday morning, Whit wore his “handcuffs” to soccer. Two glowsticks wrapped into circles and intertwined. Interesting.When we got to the park, he was intensely interested in the porta potty on its side. He examined it, going much closer to the door than I thought was wise, and retreated holding his nose. “Mummy! I bet the [...]
Project tonight. A paper wild thing and a paper Max. For the kids to find tomorrow morning at breakfast. (from very cool blog here)
