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In praise of an uneventful year 2 Jul 2013 | 04:18 pm
No matter how many times I sit down to start a new post, I’m stuck with how to begin. I vowed I wouldn’t start with, “Hey, I’ve been gone for six months!” but here I am. . .saying just that. Fortunat...
Comfort and joy 25 Dec 2012 | 12:00 pm
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas (or a Happy Tuesday!) May you all get some special snuggle time today.
Remembering 22 Dec 2012 | 07:27 pm
This post was originally published in 2006 on my Blogger blog. When I migrated to WordPress, I lost the first six months of my Blogger posts, some of which mean an awful lot to me. For this reason, I ...
Nightmare 15 Dec 2012 | 05:59 pm
I don’t often have nightmares, but when I do, it’s usually based on the same theme: I am trying to hide from someone who is looking for me. . .someone who wants to hurt me. Sometimes I am being chased...
Have yourself an anxious little Christmas 10 Dec 2012 | 12:00 pm
Christmas has always been my favorite time of the year. . .theoretically. In actuality, it’s making me feel kind of sick. Lately, whenever I start to think about what I have still to do—-all the post...
Boston Ballet’s The Nutcracker: Another reason to love the holidays 6 Dec 2012 | 05:19 pm
Photograph by Gene Schiavone A few years ago, I started taking the girls to see The Nutcracker. They were both studying ballet, and their friend was in a local production. Plus, I was really, really ...
The older mom 21 Nov 2012 | 07:02 pm
I met her years ago, briefly, in our town’s library—the children’s section of course—while her three children browsed for books, and I ran around trying to keep my toddler son, D, in control as he was...
From the mouth of (an obviously confused) babe 19 Nov 2012 | 06:08 am
The scene: Inside the minivan, packed with our family of five and my mom, known by the kids as Oma. We were on our way to get frozen yogurt, our newest family obsession. Oma, to my 8yo son, D: “What...
Please stand by 14 Nov 2012 | 05:24 pm
Sometimes, when those 15-minute breaks aren’t cutting it, I need to step back and put out all the little fires* around me instead of tending to this website. I’ll be back very soon, just had to get so...
Stop and give me 15 — easy self-care in fifteen minutes (or less) 29 Oct 2012 | 11:00 am
Holding down a part time job, while homeschooling three kids, keeping house, and taking care of a dog doesn’t leave me with loads of time to sit back and think about me, me, me. But, when things start...
