Receiving Mode Still. I like this one. I recently heard a vicious radio debate between women who believe that mothers should stay home and others who believe that mothers should work outside the home. All the debaters were mothers themselves. As I listened wearily while ducking and dodging the ladies’ sucker punches like a cornered boxer, I…
The Talk
School is beginning. Many of you have written to ask me what our family “Back to School” traditions are. If I haven’t responded, it’s because I stared at those questions and thought: CRAP. I’m supposed to have Back to School traditions??? If any, I suppose our traditions are getting crazy excited (Craig and I, not the kids),…
2011 Lesson #2 : Don’t Carpe Diem
Every time I’m out with my kids – this seems to happen: An older woman stops us, puts her hand over her heart and says something like, “Oh– Enjoy every moment. This time goes by so fast.” Everywhere I go, someone is telling me to seize the moment, raise my awareness, be happy, enjoy every second, etc,…