by Mir | Jan 22, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I love how many of you remember your own Spelling Bee come-to-Jesus moment. And I even love how many of you were so concerned that I was going to use my kid to make a statement, to buck the law, man, like I regularly trot around using my offspring as body armor as...
by Mir | Jan 21, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Watching CNN yesterday, I felt simultaneously utterly insignificant AND an integral part of something bigger and more important than I can possibly comprehend. The last time I felt that way was right after 9/11, and needless to say, the last time it didn’t feel...
by Mir | Jan 20, 2009 | Woohoo!
I know, I know; I have been slacking, I owe you a real post, and I was going to write one, I swear. But I’m watching the inauguration on CNN and I’m just… overcome. Me. With my tiny little shriveled, blackened heart. I can’t catch my...
by Mir | Jan 17, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
So, it was kind of a long week. And yesterday I had make-up lunch plans with a friend, because last week we’d had plans and then one of my children rudely spiked a fever and needed to stay home from school and I’d had to cancel. (GOD. Like that was more...
by Mir | Jan 16, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I’m the big meanie who insists on regular, early bedtimes, because SOME children I know tend to be EXTREMELY CRANKY when they don’t get enough sleep. And I find school mornings challenging enough without having to pry people out of bed while they complain...
