“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” ~ C.S. Lewis The quotable Lewis summarizes what has been fleshed this blogosphere and in real life conversations with my real (as opposed to virtual) friends. I have been ... Read More
Dearly Departed
What a ridiculous luxury—a portable DVD player. (Pfff!) I doubted I’d ever use one since I’d vowed long before I had children that I would never use the screen as a “baby sitter.” Never say never. Accurian Dual Screen Portable DVD Player (Accurian? Now there’s a name you know and ... Read More
A Stroke of Genius
Some days I feel like a total imposter, faking my way through everything. Hoping my kids don’t discover that they can probably school me in a timed race of multiplication facts. Coaching courtside, praying they don’t ask me to demonstrate a lay-up. Wishing I wasn’t the only willing pitcher. And ... Read More
Time Saving Tidbit
My kitchen floor bears the marks of a week’s worth (uh…perhaps more) of meal preparation and consumption. A virtual culinary mosaic of spaghetti sauce, flattened peas, scattered oats, even what appears to be a dehydrated sliced strawberry. Is that asparagus? When did we have asparagus last? ... Read More
Parental Prescription
On my book shelves I have no less than 10 parenting books, so I feel like I’ve read a lot about “good parenting.” Unfortunately, good parenting isn’t about what you know, it’ about what you do. Before you think I’m being self deprecating, let me tell you, I’ve tried a heap of all those ... Read More