I’m a parent. I’m supposed to be teaching my kids, guiding them, yet I’m continually humbled by how much I learn from them whenever I stop to watch and listen. Recently we took a trip to the local science museum–because science is real, and fun, and interesting, and because my kids always do better in…
Tag: tolerance
Strangers in a Strange Land
I used to write about the ups and downs of life abroad. I used to write pithy posts about parenting. I used to write salty observations of marriage and life and love and all the stuff that falls between the cracks like so much cheese doodle dust. Now I seem only to write about events…
Let’s Make America Great Again
Let’s make America great again. Watching the circus unfold from afar, I keep hearing this phrase bandied about. I keep seeing it on hats and homemade signs. I keep reading about in relationship to Donald Trump’s campaign. And I keep asking myself…to what time are we harkening back toward here? Remind me when the again in great…
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Recently I chaperoned my son’s 1st grade class on a field trip to an art museum. We marched, two by two toward the train and two by two on the fifteen minute walk from train to museum (this is Denmark, we walk, no chartered, cushy busses for us). As we tripped along I tried to…
Wine and Cheese (Doodles) 