likeness

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

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

Transparency…

This particular blog post seems to have a check list to go along with it, so why don't we start there... Laying in bed with my big velvet winter comforter?  Check Wearing undies and my favorite stripey shirt?  Check Red lipstick?  Check Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds or Tom Waits playing in my ears?  … Continue reading Transparency…

my belt…

In 1977 in a 7th grade shop class a boy made a leather belt.  It was a popular color of light golden brown.  On it he pressed stars and music notes and a simple sentence...  a sentence that could have kept him from getting laid ever.  Ever. "SCIENCE FICTION IS THE GREATEST" And then I … Continue reading my belt…