Tag Archives: parenting
Chef Tales
I was cooking once and had some powdered turmeric on the counter. My young son asked me why I was putting ‘cheese’ in the dish. That was the moment I realized I’d served him Kraft mac ‘n’ cheese one too … Continue reading
RAVE
RANT AND RAVE Rave to the Japanese Garden at the Arboretum, just beginning to show its colors! Rant to the person smoking a cigarette there (gross, yuck) then having the wherewithal to crush the butt on the pathway. Clueless. RAVE to the … Continue reading
i love you
We were hiking through torrential rain in the Swiss Alps when my 74-year-old mother hollered, “I want to tell you I love you in case I get struck by lightning and die.” It was possible: We were high above the … Continue reading
My Husband’s Late Wife
I like to think we could have been friends. She gave birth to two boys. Years later, I handed them lunches in paper bags when they walked out the door. I attended parent-teacher conferences, baked apple pies for Pi Day, … Continue reading
Parenting
No one…who has not known that inestimable privilege can possibly reaslise what good fortune it is to grow up in a home where there are grandparents. – Suzanne La Follette If God were a woman, She would have installed one of … Continue reading
Real Life of an MSW 