Last week I infiltrated a group of mothers in full-blown discussion. The topic du jour was the expansive vocabulary among our current fourth graders, particularly vocabulary concerning the body and things that bodies do together. Let’s talk about sex, baby; at the lunch table, in the hallways, behind the covers of the math book. I…
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Famous Last Words
There are few things worse than a smarmy, know-it-all: A smarmy, know-it-all parent is one of them. A smarmy, know-it-all parent of an only child under the age of two is another. The worst by far, however, is the smarmy, know-it-all non-parent who thinks if only you took their advice, your job wold be a…
Til Death Do Us Part
Here’s the thing about death. All those quirks and faults and niggling little things about a person that make you want to throw up your hands in exasperation, all those hulking things that make you want to sob until you are salt emptied, all the things in between, the things that add up to life,…
Fathers and Daughters
Today would have been my father’s 68 birthday. Instead, it’s another day on the calendar. There are no cards to send, no phone calls to make, no need to juggle the time difference to make sure no one is too sleepy or having dinner or rushing to the phone in the middle of the night….
Wine and Cheese (Doodles) 