by Mir | Nov 18, 2010 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Thanksgiving is one week from today, and we are hosting dinner, and I’ve bought nothing. My desk looks like a cyclone hit it, I’m behind on work, and right now there is a big scary drama going on behind the curtain which I am tired of thinking about every...
by Mir | Nov 17, 2010 | Aspi(e)rations/AD(D)orations, My name is Grumplestiltskin, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
It’s today. I am declaring it to be today. Right now. It’s International Special Needs Kids Amnesty Day. So here’s the deal: There are plenty of kids with special needs whose challenges you can easily see. You know what it means when a kid is in a...
by Mir | Nov 16, 2010 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Someday I’m going to sit down and diagram what is—in my mind, anyway—okay to share with others and what is most definitely NOT okay. I remember once hearing someone say they’d never blog something they wouldn’t share with a small crowd at...
by Mir | Nov 15, 2010 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Job? Huh?
I totally meant to write something deep and meaningful for you yesterday, to make up for my absence, but it turned out that—it being my first day back home, and all—I was far too busy: 1) sleeping 2) playing with the dog 3) slurping vitamin C to ward off...
by Mir | Nov 11, 2010 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Hello from Chicago! It feels like I spent all day en route to getting here, which is dumb, because it’s not really all that far away from where I live. Still, once you figure the ride to the ride to the airport, the time in the airport, the flight, the shuttle...
