So Nice To Be Needed, Wanted or Both
Being needed is very different from being wanted. I’m kind-of opinionated with my kids, and my opinions are not necessarily wanted, but my skills very much needed and the two get stuck together. Like, have you noticed that a working mom’s sense of humor is always the first to go? So I was needed, and called, and I packed […]
Living On the Dark Side
It’s raining outside; the morning sky is menacing. I’ve turned half the lights on in the house and dressed for work in mud-thick lampshade–the dark side to bad lighting. I hate fluorescent lights. How many times did I walk into my office under 10,000,000 watts of fluorescent, buzzing tubes that always showcased the very worst in my attire, never spectacular […]
Creepy Socks and Other Slipping Things
Occasionally I find myself in a pair of knee highs, trouser, or boot socks that creep and slip. It never happens at home. Only when I’m entering an office, a store, or take a long walk through a field does the elastic go Poof! Why? Why? Why? I dip low to pull them up from where they’ve sunk […]
OMG, How Did My Children Ever Survive My Parenting?
My daughter rolled small slices of banana in finely smashed graham cracker crumbs and placed them in front of her 10-month old. “It’s easier for her to grab hold of them,” she explained. “That’s so clever,” I said. “I never thought of doing that. I think I handed you the whole banana as soon as your hand was big […]
Feeding a Three-Year-Old
“I’m hungry,” my three-year old granddaughter told me. “Well I guess you should be. It’s lunchtime, and you didn’t eat much of your oatmeal this morning.” She had the snuffles and came to spend the day with me, away from pre-school day-care. “MiMi, what do you have to eat?” “I’m making home-made spaghetti. Yum.” “But I don’t like […]