by Mir | May 19, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
It came as a total shock to me, yesterday, when we filed into the school for Chickadee’s “moving on ceremony” and I found myself tearing up a little. I am not a terribly sentimental person under the best of circumstances. And as we already know,...
by Mir | Apr 18, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
You spent all day yesterday running up to me, leaning in until we were nose-to-nose, opening your eyes really wide and declaring, “HAPPY DAY BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY!” But then at bedtime, you were somber again. “I don’t think ten was really a very...
by Mir | Jan 8, 2009 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Whoops! I really didn’t mean to leave a depressing post up here and then disappear, it’s just that I seem to have misplaced my Wednesday, somehow. Has anyone seen it? I’d sort of like it back. If it’s not too much trouble. My week has largely...
by Mir | Jan 6, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I haven’t talked about Chickadee’s friend Nightingale this year, because somehow they’ve gone from being BFFs to just plain having a terrible time with each other. Glee at being reunited after a long, hard summer quickly turned into Chickadee coming...
by Mir | Aug 19, 2008 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I feel comfortable asserting that I am NOT a helicopter parent. I believe in kids building autonomy, making (and learning) from their own mistakes, and all of that sort of thing. Furthermore, in case you haven’t noticed, I am far too lazy to be a helicopter...
