by Mir | Feb 3, 2007 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
The children—have I mentioned?—have had a run of bad luck lately. And bad luck is what it is, because none of it is their fault. Just ask them! They will tell you! It’s just that the universe, well, it is cruel. So cruel, in fact, that they are both...
by Mir | Feb 1, 2007 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Retail Therapy
Yesterday was a VERY EXCITING DAY, because something unprecedented happened. I went to Marshall’s and found TWO pairs of jeans that FIT! And I would’ve happily paid any amount of money for those jeans, because my quest for ass coverage has become so dire...
by Mir | Jan 31, 2007 | Growing, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Because I was raised Jewish and then fell into a rather extreme Christian religion in college, when I regained my senses I was (understandly, I think) a bit wary of committing myself to another church. It wasn’t that I didn’t still consider myself a person...
by Mir | Jan 30, 2007 | My name is Grumplestiltskin
… any time I have to, say, do anything else. At all. Ever. Listen, I hadn’t had my hair cut since NOVEMBER. I waited as long as I could, because after the relative freedom of cutting all of my hair off a while ago I immediately turned into Goldilocks and...
by Mir | Jan 29, 2007 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I’m in something of a holding pattern with my children, at the moment. One of the supreme joys of the complicated child (because there are just so many) is figuring out how to balance patience and appropriate consequences. In other words: Misdeeds require...
