These days, I really do spend quite a bit of time alone. I work at my computer or I write or I wash dishes, and sometimes I don’t really see or talk to anyone beyond my family all day. Also, normally, I don’t take my sweaty, just-worked-out self out into the world. I sweat in … [Read more…]
J’s got a busy week this week, including two different dress-up occasions. Once upon a time, my children liked to wear dresses. That was long, long ago. We had years of princess stuff and pink and sparkles, and at the time, I wondered if we’d ever come out on the other side of the Princess … [Read more…]
The rest of our spring break was relatively uneventful. I sent each of the girls off on far-flung trips so that they could get very wet and cold. In J’s case, a friend brought her along on a rafting trip. I wanted to go, but J has hit genuine adolescence now, and she asked, “Please … [Read more…]
