by Mir | Mar 27, 2008 | Growing, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I may have mentioned that I accompanied my daughter’s class on a field trip on Monday. There’s really no way to describe heading into the woods with twenty-four fourth graders, some of whom believe that nature ends at the edge of the playground. Chickadee...
by Mir | Mar 26, 2008 | Job? Huh?, Retail Therapy
There aren’t words to adequately describe how completely ANNOYED I was when I dashed off yesterday’s post, and even as I wrote it I thought to myself that folks would probably suggest I take a nice hot bath or perhaps half a bottle of Xanax and go have...
by Mir | Mar 25, 2008 | My name is Grumplestiltskin, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Dear Sir and Madam: It it with a heavy heart and much regret that I feel the need to inform you of my decision to tender my resignation as Greatest Mother In The World. We all know that lately I’ve simply become unable to keep up with the demands of the...
by Mir | Mar 24, 2008 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
What do you do after a long week and a horrible day when the worry is eating you up and you wonder if you’ll ever get your footing when it comes to this parenting thing? Well, if it’s the night before Easter, you have to chat with the Easter Bunny and...
by Mir | Mar 22, 2008 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
A while ago my friend and fellow mom to a “different” child, Susan Wagner, wrote a piece called What It’s Like which I have often, secretly (until now) gone back to read when I need a little boost of solidarity. Susan says: The hardest thing for me...
