by Mir | Apr 9, 2008 | Irreconcilable Differences, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
There are many things I would like to teach my children as they grow. I think that everyone should know how to swim. I think that everyone should know how to find worms and how to bait them on a hook, even if they think it’s gross and only do it once. I think...
by Mir | Apr 8, 2008 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
I’ve written before about our decision to seek a different church, because we just weren’t feeling quite at home at the one we’d been attending. This was, you understand, a really difficult decision to make, both because change is hard and we’d...
by Mir | Apr 7, 2008 | Friends, Health is overrated
Why yes, it HAS been six months since my last mammogram ALREADY. Thank you so much for remembering. You know how I do so love spending the entire morning having my boobs squashed between plexiglass in the name of health. No, I’ve never had breast cancer. Nor do...
by Mir | Apr 6, 2008 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
I hate New York. It’s harsh and I’m sorry, I know that Liz is scowling at me RIGHT NOW, but Manhattan gives me hives. There was a time, when I was in high school and then college, when I was close to death by ennui and I believed NYC to be the ultimate be...
by Mir | Apr 4, 2008 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
Do you know what I am? I am a small town girl. I like small town things. Like grass! And trees! And fluffy bunnies! And periodic silence! We are not having much of any of those things here in Manhattan. Go figure. And so I am trying very hard to find my moments of...
