Well, Sun has been perusing the costume magazines for 10 months now and has, at long last, settled on what she wants to be for Halloween: Cinderella. Now, usually I get a tad particular about a Halloween costume having to be scary. But she’s four. And determined. So after the Saints’ execution of the Texans [...]
It’s been a wacky transition for my whole family getting adjusted to all the new things that come with having Sun at a new school: new hours, uniforms, teachers, classmates, schedules, and systems. It’s not all been smooth nor without second thoughts. But things are calming down, and we are adjusting to the newness of [...]
Here’s the deal: I know how to argue. It isn’t because I am a lawyer (which I am). It is because I was raised by the best arguer I’ve ever met, and I learned my lessons well. I don’t mean “argue” as in scream and carry on. I mean “argue” words; logic; debate — I [...]
CS and I, with Sun in tow, returned for the third time (do recall that Sun is 3-1/2 years old) for the Open House of the school Sun is likely to attend this Fall. We had previously decided this school was “it”; it had the right feel; lots of sunshine and awards of excellence; it [...]
“Mom,” Sun sings as she steps out of the bathroom, clean and damp. Her mother lay in her darkened room too tired to respond. “Mom!” Sun happily runs through the rooms, seeking. Still, her mother stays quiet. “Mommy,” Sun insists as she leaves the front rooms, diligent in her search. “Mommy. . . ” Methodically, [...]
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 [...]
We love people for who they are on the inside: how they treat us and others and how they make us feel. We want so much to have that love in a tangible way—so we can touch it, feel it, know it is real—that we fall in love with the person’s very humanness: You love [...]
I returned again this year to the Open House of the grammar school we want Sun ultimately to attend. I walked away confident in our decision to send her there for grammar school but prefer where she is now for preschool. However, I have since learned that her current school does not offer a 3-day-per-week [...]
Looking back, the signs were there. But when you aren’t looking, how can you see them? So today when my period turned angry and stopped me in my tracks, I assumed it was what I’m told about ALL my new ailments: It’s yet another sign of aging. Then the flow got really heavy. No worries, [...]
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 [...]