Aside from a few common physical characteristics that we share, I often find my daughter's similarities to me to be among her most difficult traits. As much as I am proud of her for so willfully being her own person, it makes her a difficult child to parent especially when we're both so determined to … Continue reading likeness
get out…
I can't begin to tell you how beautiful it is outside today, if I could I would have started this differently. I can tell you though that as I walked home this morning after taking K to school I went blocks out of my way to bask in the crisp cold sunshine for just a … Continue reading get out…
clean up special
I've been cleaning out my office space instead of writing, in celebration of that I thought I would reach into one of these two huge file folders filled with poetry and share one from 1996: And drowsy wishing for that half sleep I wait for what will come to take me away as I know … Continue reading clean up special
sleep notes on a wednesday
I woke up at 5 AM because my kid decided to head-butt me. In her defense she was sleeping. In my defense I didn't kill anyone for it. But 5 is a full 90 minutes before I had to get up. I could have curled right back into that sweet dream I was having about … Continue reading sleep notes on a wednesday
in the clear
I quit drinking caffeine a while ago, and I didn't mention it here so much because I wasn't looking forward to the part where I fell on my face in utter and complete caffeine giving up failure and had to come back and tell you all that I fell off the caffeine wagon. It wasn't … Continue reading in the clear
musing
I forget sometimes that writing is work because I often sit a play at it, letting the words fall from on high when they want to. Writing is a pleasure for me. A comfort. A constant in a life that, though it has been happy, is often tumultuous. So sometimes one emotion, one thought, one … Continue reading musing
dear 2010: can we make a deal?
First, let me say thank you 2010. You've been pretty fucking awesome. Seriously. As far as the first 11 days of the year go I'm hard pressed to recall better. And I'm busy. And not really the bad busy that makes me crazy because I have no time. The busy you're handing me is incredible. … Continue reading dear 2010: can we make a deal?
Bad Parenting 101
It's 31 minutes until my child's bedtime. The big homework packet that she gets at the beginning of the week? It sits half finished on the dining table. She has 3 sheets of paper she's not happy with that she wants to discard and she's currently in the bathroom weeping copious and highly dramatic tears. … Continue reading Bad Parenting 101
umbrella
As I greeted my daughter at school pickup she was all smiles. Glowing. She was proud of herself and all she'd done today, happy to be back with her friends and engaged in their current science project. She bounced toward me and I gave her umbrella to her. She opened it up and hand in … Continue reading umbrella
hello there Monday, you sly son of a…
Wow, those last couple of weeks just zipped right by didn't they? What? You don't remember them? The last couple weeks of LAST year, the first few days of THIS year? Yeah. They were quick. And tomorrow is a whole new world! I love my kid. I do. She's all kinds of great wrapped up … Continue reading hello there Monday, you sly son of a…
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