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Category Archives: Parenting Moments
The Part of Parenting We Don’t Talk About
(This post was written for and originally published on WhatToExpect.com with the title “The Part of Parenting We’re Too Embarrassed to Talk About.”) Occasionally a post circulates the Internet in which the author describes witnessing a mother in the midst of a public … Continue reading
When You Least Expect
I sat in the playground this afternoon while Henry and Molly played, reading a new parenting book. The methods and message of the book contrast greatly with how I have been parenting. And that is the point of my reading this … Continue reading
A Heart With Legs
The other night, the girls discussed what God looks like. Ellie needed answers. Real ones. “He is whatever you imagine he looks like,” was the best I could do for her. Molly explained, calmly that he could look like a … Continue reading
Robins
It is the eve of first grade. We are sitting in the hallway, on the runner; you are in pajamas, just bathed. We are discussing war. Because you have asked. You ask about shooting and cannons. The fort we visited … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, New York City Living and Coping, Parenting Moments
Tagged daughters, first grade, parenting girls, robins, sisters
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Variations on a Theme: Summer
“Thank you my life long afternoon…” From Variation on a Theme by W.S. Merwin “Forgive me. I simply do not know what I am doing.” From Variations on a Theme by William Carlos Williams by Kenneth Koch Summer’s great, right? Ah, … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Humor, It's All About Me, New York City Living and Coping, Parenting Moments
Tagged humor, kids, new york city, parenting, summer, summer camp, twins, twins plus one
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Have You Ever Been Happy?
I would not say I am a happy person. By nature or by defect, I am often depressed and moody. And it is by knowing the darkness that I can experience its absence with pure appreciation. There is an almost … Continue reading
Vacation: Myths and Facts
I write to you from the picturesque village of Westhampton Beach. We are sharing a house with my family for the week of July 4th. Months ago, I began the search for a house we could share for our summer … Continue reading
Sometimes, Always, Never
This is the rule that applies to men’s three-button suit jackets. It is the one thing I remember from when my husband and I were getting married in March 2005. More than our vows, the lovely cards we received from … Continue reading
Dreaming With Light
My children sleep with dream lights. They are not the Dream Lites advertised on television because we assumed, of course, those would not work. When the kids started asking for the ones on television, however, we found these at a … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, New York City Living and Coping, Parenting Moments
Tagged bedtime, bedtime routines, children, cloud b, dream lights, parenting, stars
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