Reed

My son speaks adoption language at school

October 5, 2010

“Your mom doesn’t look like you at ALL,” said the second-grader to my son. From my perch on a chair much too small for my bottom, I looked at the girl’s desk to find out her name, written in teacher-tidy print. Joy. “That’s ’cause she aDOPTED me,” Reed told his classmate across the table. And [...]

Perfect Moment Monday: Chinstrap time travel

September 5, 2010

Perfect Moment Monday is about noticing a perfect moment rather than creating one. Perfect moments can be momentous or ordinary or somewhere in between. Once a week we engage in mindfulness about something that is right with our world. Everyone is welcome to join. Details on how to participate are at the bottom of this [...]

Science in the bedroom

June 8, 2010

How’s that for a provocative title? Kristin warned us not to trust too much quiet. It was the first day of my children’s summer vacation, but just another work-at-home day for me.  I’d been solving registration problems uninterrupted for about 45 minutes. Glory be. And then… “Mommy…!?” Tessa’s last syllable inflected upward in a controlled [...]

The Veering

April 2, 2010

“Hey, Mom,” Reed greeted me when I picked him up from ski school on a recent weekend. We began walking from the slopes to the condo. “What did you do today while the rest of us were skiing?” “I did some writing.” “You write a LOT. What are you always writing about?” “Well, today I [...]

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