by Mir | Feb 23, 2011 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Dinner is my favorite time of the day. I don’t know if it’s because we rarely ate together as a family when I was a kid, or because the various tidbits my kids choose to share always seem more...
by Mir | Feb 22, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Job? Huh?
One of the things that my daughter’s impending teenagerhood has brought into sharp focus for me is my frustration with finding the balance between society’s messages about what it means to be female, my own experiences growing up, and the ever-looming fear...
by Mir | Feb 21, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Retail Therapy
Let me preface this by saying that the following can obviously be filed under “first world problems;” the fact that I have more than a battered tin pot in which to boil gruel means that none of this actually matters, but that’s not going to stop me...
by Mir | Feb 18, 2011 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
Y’all, I am bursting with maybe-good-news. I am positively OVERCOME with actual hope that young master Monkeypants is finally—FINALLY!—feeling better. This week at school has been… well, it’s unprecedented. That’s not to say that...
by Mir | Feb 16, 2011 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
After the fun detailed in yesterday’s post, I couldn’t WAIT to hear how Chickadee’s essay/speech was received in class. Because I was sure she’d tanked and I wanted to savor her embarrassment, as any good parent would. I asked how it went and...
