image: http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com It's been a weird weekend...I kind of hit the wall on a number of levels, or perhaps it would be more accurate to say, hit the wall with numerous body parts. Truth be told, I probably used my head the most. I had so many options available to me; concerts, and old friends, … Continue reading Are you my mother? And who’s my daddy?
Category: musings
Life’s a bitch beach
image: beachfinder.orgFeeling my little guy's body shudder with sleep as he cuddles next to me, I consider something said to me recently - that I make things look easy. The manner in which I navigate through life somehow gave the impression that I don't struggle, that I don't sometimes feel the waves threaten to swamp … Continue reading Life’s a bitch beach
Je ne comprends pas
Things I did not understand as a child: How the band playing the songs on the car radio fit into the trunk How the French Toast could possibly be so thick. Was there some secret ingredient that made it fluff up? (No, they just cut … Continue reading Je ne comprends pas
I can see clearly now the rain has gone
image: http://phoenixlasiksurgeon.orgNo, literally. I have new glasses and an intense rain shower just moved furiously through the DelSo. Things look different, both sharpened and softened somehow, and I feel as if I am seeing my surroundings with new eyes. These two events got me to thinking about my vision over the years, recalling when I … Continue reading I can see clearly now the rain has gone
Commencement – a beginning or start
So, that's my natural hair color!The word commencement is an odd one. While it is defined as a beginning or start, it clearly is most often used to describe a ceremony which acknowledges the end of something. Seems that endings and beginnings can get all sorts of mixed up, huh?Almost exactly 20 years ago, I received my college … Continue reading Commencement – a beginning or start
Very nice, funny and huggable
image: http://www.prlog.orgAt least that's how my youngest described me in this year's utterly precious Mother's Day card. Yep, it's a keeper. This was my 16th Mother's Day and it contained both poignant and annoying moments. Kind of like motherhood, in general, I guess. Quinn gave me a marigold, Griffin gave me a song and dance … Continue reading Very nice, funny and huggable
May Day
image: http://s3-media4.ak.yelpcdn.comIn Germany, where my mother comes from, May 1st is a holiday. There are flowers and Maypole dancing and tree planting ceremonies on this day which celebrates spring's midway point. It is a sweet, sweet day, reminiscent of a more simple time. My mother, the third of fifteen children, never really celebrated her own … Continue reading May Day
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