Sun is a year and a half. I have been going to open houses for her grammar school. I KNOW I am way early. But I am a worrier and a planner. So there you have it. Before I selected the schools to view, I talked to friends in the know and got their recommendations. [...]
A friend came in town this weekend. She’s a NOLA ex pat and so the pressure to be her tour guide was not there. Instead, we just took things as they came. We got a babysitter Friday night and ate at Patois. It was divine. No highchairs in the place. And things on the menu [...]
Life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed. ~ Corita Kent I read that quote yesterday in a shop. I do estate planning and probate work. In Louisiana, that probate work is called Successions. So when I see that word, “succession,” I think about death not life. And the juxtaposition of that one [...]
My weeks have been moving quickly. We’ve been busy with Open Houses and tours of day cares and grammar schools. Our friend that watches Sun on Wednesdays, SoMo, is pregnant with her third child and though throwing another one on the heap seems easy enough, I know those early post-pregnancy months are going to be [...]
“Fifteen years; seems like yesterday.” That’s what the email read today. I had it marked on my calendar and had planned to call but wanted to wait til Sun was quiet. The death was on impact. If there is any mercy, it is in that he did not suffer and that he hit a bridge [...]
I have a confession to make. But not to you. You, dear reader, will begrudge me little. But I will confess here and hope it is enough. I Google Mapped two exboyfriends today. Why? I dunno. I guess to see if there houses were bigger than mine; in nicer neighborhoods; with better cars in the [...]
CS and I take lots of pictures of Sun. In the age of digital film, we are all amateur photographers with no costs of development to worry about. At year end, we pick our favorite pictures and print them for a photo album we have for Sun. In looking at that photo album tonight, I [...]