Digging Deep

I must be crazy.  So this is the year I decide to commit to a huge fundraiser.  Not only is the event daunting (a marathon and a half over two days), but the cash commitment is enormous for me ( $1800, which, if I don’t raise, am responsible for contributing).
Could I have picked a worse [...]

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My muse (well, the four muses)

Why, oh why, am I not inspired to a career in accounting?  (No offense to my dad or my brother.)  Or a career as an administrative assistant?  (Sorry Mom).
Why do I have be drawn to a life which depends on someone else’s acceptance or rejection of my creativity?
Clearly, I am not the least needy person [...]

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Child Safety Gone Too Far?

No one wants to endanger a child.   Parents, teachers, child care providers and more were happy to get rid of toys from China that were full of lead (remember the many recalls of 2007).   The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act was passed in August of ‘07, aimed at all products for use by [...]

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Zen and the preschooler

Joanna and I had a quick stop at the grocery store this morning, only four items on our list.  Walking together, holding hands, carrying a basket — I never knew a shopping trip could feel like such a walk in the park.  I knew it would be the fastest shop ever.
But it wasn’t.  Joanna was [...]

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Politics not as usual

It’s one of those nights you wish you had something pithy to say.  You could wax poetic about Michelle Obama’s wardrobe, about the little girls’ poise, about their Grandma’s presence.
Honestly.  I don’t know what I could add.
I kept reminding my kids (5, 3, 2) that history was unraveling before their eyes, but they were focused [...]

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Alas, poor Yorick: when a child loses a pet

The moment of discovery as  I stared at the aquarium was a moment fraught with conflicting thoughts:.   Yikes, is it dead?  Dead hermit crabs are kind of gross.  So that’s what it looks like totally denuded of shell!  When will it start smelling?  If I put it on the back porch will it freeze or get [...]

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Mom Moments

Mom moments, the kind that make you laugh, cry or just yell a lot:
I was washing dishes this morning while the little girls were watching Thomas and the Magic Railroad.  Or so I thought.  With the pots clanging and the water gushing, I couldn’t really hear what was going on behind me.  I finished the chore, turned [...]

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Happy New Year!

To all of you….to all of us …thanks for 2008!  It was incredible…some highlights for me:
2008 was a year of reconnecting with old, old friends, via Facebook, primarily.  I’m glad for the service, because without it I would never have gotten the energy or motivation to reach out to the friends I’ve contacted these past [...]

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