My son, who is nearing 11, has a small stuffed bear he acquired last summer. He sleeps with it nightly, at home and on sleepovers. He carefully tucks the bear in next to him, pulls the covers right up to his neck, and pats him gently before rolling over. When he’s at home, he puts […]
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Snug and Safe in the Crook of an Arm
Posted in Family, Growing up, Parenting, Sons on February 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Writing Sparks
Posted in Husbands, School, Sons, Writing on January 7, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Today I’m spending 3+ hours in the balcony of a high school gym, while my son is taking a middle school entrance exam. When I thought about where to send him for middle school, I didn’t realize exactly what process I was setting in motion. But here I am, in a gym not quite like […]
His and Her Matinees
Posted in Film, Husbands, Marriage, Wives on December 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
His: The Immortals – Gods and Titans in a CGI special-effects extravaganza, heads sliced right off, chopping, murdering, swords, arrows, blood and severed body parts in 3D (I can just imagine people in the theater ducking out of the way of incoming parts and blood splatter), Mickey Rourke, good versus evil. Hers: The Princess […]
Curious George Bandages
Posted in Parenting, Sons on December 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This morning, I cut my right index finger on my new fancy mandolin vegetable slicer. The zucchini slices were fine, but my finger . . . less so. It was a quick, sharp, clean slice, and it was a bleeder. I had just called to my son to come tell me his ideas about how […]
Melancholia Halloweenia – an Update (and, happily, a retraction)
Posted in Boys, Growing up, Idiosyncracies, Parenting on November 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Night” did not last more than a few minutes as a costume. My son took it off minutes before the school party, when he saw what all the other kids were wearing, and felt acutely uncomfortable. This almost ruined the party for him, but he rallied, and I had him look around to see if […]