Part of you starts to expect that kind of call. All of you dreads the time when it will come. One minute you’re passing the salad around the table, telling your kids to eat one more bite, and the next minute the phone rings and that bite count...
So, I decided to homeschool my 8 year old this year. Her school wasn’t offering distance learning, and I didn’t feel comfortable with a 5-day-a-week plan quite yet, so I decided to homeschool her, instead. Paige has always been extra attached to me...
I miss the days when kids went places where I wasn’t I miss it today extra bad They huff and they sigh and they eat all the cream cheese And I wish just ONCE they would go ask their dad Just….Why do they open cereal boxes this way? Why do they spit...
We weren’t even looking for a cat. We were on a vacation four hours from home, visiting my brother and his family, when he needed to stop at the pet store for something for his dog. While my brother searched for what he had come for, I found...
I was well into my monologue on all of the reasons why the decisions for this upcoming school year felt daunting, and why the pressure for teaching them well felt on. My mother sat still except for a nod. What if my teaching skills came up lacking...
I knew from the moment my friend had posted the photos of her family’s trip to Lake Tahoe that I had to have it for myself. These months of quarantine have been getting to us all, and I just needed to get OUT. So we planned the trip, and five days...
I think we have all been needing a break from each other. Fantasies of knapsacks, and train tracks. At least a few days away. It’s showing up in how forcefully the dishwasher gets loaded. It’s showing up in how often we sigh. In the long looks with...
Several days ago, a young, single friend of mine was lamenting on Facebook that he wished that there was something that someone could say to him to help take away his constant thoughts about wishing he was a married man. At the time, the only thing...
Maybe it has already been tried, and whether it would work, I don’t know; But Should we try putting 2020 in a bag of rice? This week has been extra intense. So intense that with each new thing that comes along, my 11 year old has shouted out what...
I thought surely it was the coffee. I hadn’t sucked down two giant cups of it quite like that in months. Merely one step down from how a python would have done it – Entire mug shaped bulge stuck mid-way down my throat. Or maybe it was my...