How, oh how, to grow a boy?
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Little Lancelot
Posted in Boys, Emotions/Inner World, Men, Parenting, Sons, Young Love on May 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Our First Tulip Has Died
Posted in Family, Parenting, Tulips, Writing on May 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Right on schedule, April came to a close and our first tulip has died.
"Did you feed the dog?"
Posted in Growing up, Parenting, Psychology, Relationships, Wisdom on April 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This, according to a 13-year-old girl giving a speech to an entire congregation, is one of the most frequent things her Mother has asked her over the years. “Did you feed the dog?” and then, not much later, the same question. The next day, “Did you feed the dog?” And on and on it went. […]
"Maybe you could write about that . . ."
Posted in Emotions/Inner World, Mothers, Parenting, The Genders, Writing on March 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, in those few precious moments before bedtime when there’s not a single chore remaining for me to ask him about, my son and I were taking just a moment to snuggle on the couch. I asked him to tell me something about him that I didn’t know – something he might not have […]
Advice to a New Mother
Posted in Cooking/Food & Wine, Emotions/Inner World, Motherhood, Mothers, Parenting, Women on February 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I was at a baby shower for a new Mom who, that day, had reached 37 weeks. Such an accomplishment, those first 37 weeks. She’s already mothered her young one, already sacrificed for (his or her, the parents don’t know) sake, has curtailed her activities and her work, even to the point of bed-rest for […]