I’m here and I’m swamped. Please help. Tell me how you do it? Tell me how you rise on time and manage to make breakfast. You’ve been up all night with one child – croup? Is that what they call it? Your eyelids hang but you’re present, an automaton I’m sure, but you make [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Four
03.17.09 –
I’ve often wondered what happens to relationships once they pass the three-year mark. I think one feels all is intact, but in my experience, it only seems that way. Eventually, attention wanes. You slip on the things you shouldn’t, like closing drafty doors, remembering to Tivo the Ghost Whisperer, and acknowleding anniversaries that once seemed [...]
Unexpected
03.11.09 –
Sometimes people surprise me. The surprise doesn’t come like a present, wrapped in a full, blossoming bow of carefully chosen ribbon, but more like a good recipe, not particularly intriguing at its outset. The act is cobbled together from everyday ingredients, mostly staples and none purchased in the “ethnic” food aisle. Little is canned.
We think [...]