That is the title of the first “Treme” episode. The series that starts tonight. All of New Orleans is hyped about it. And we hope it doesn’t disappoint us. In my hotel room in Arkansas in the early post-Katrina days, my mind keep playing Louis Armstrong’s song “Do You Know What it Means to Miss [...]
I lay in bed last night greedy in utter darkness. Since having Sun, we keep a nightlight on in her room and sleep with our bedroom doors open. It’s never dark enough for me at night anymore. Or quiet enough. Every time I stir in the middle of the night, I automatically look for that [...]
I drop Sun off at daycare once a week. Last week, there was an, er, incident. I thought I’d blog about it and then decided to let it pass. And it stayed with me and came up again today in conversation. Considering it is STILL bugging me, I thought I’d throw it out here. After walking [...]
Summer’s over. How do I know? I am returning to my “normal” work schedule. Since returning from maternity leave 2+ years ago, I’ve worked in the office Monday, Wednesday and Friday of each week. For the summer, we started Sun in official daycare twice a week–Tuesdays and Thursdays, the days I usually watched her. So [...]
Sun’s first day at daycare was yesterday. During the summer, it’s called Camp. I did my best to hide my nerves from her. I knew she’d be fine, that in fact she’d like it. But I couldn’t help but feel this was the first true test of a parent’s job: prepare your child to fly [...]
The tomato plants have flowers. The satsuma tree, new blooms. The St. Joseph’s Altars have been dismantled. And Sun now has the feet of a child and no longer a baby. Spring has sprung in New Orleans. And we are all another year older. 0 I Like This
Sun is napping. CS and Pete are at lunch with Katie and Daisy. The TV is off; the dishwasher just shut down. Hear that? Nothing sounds sooo good. So why am I enjoying the quiet? Allow me to recap. Thursday night: Krewe of Babylon and Knights of Chaos. Left before Muses. Loved Babylon and Chaos. [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]