Today seems like a good day to write about grief, since a good portion of our country is feeling profound grief due to the election outcome. Most people do not deal with grief very well, whether it is their own grief or the grief of another. It is not something many of us have been […]
Earlier this year, I noticed that my relationship with the computer and the TV screen was out of balance. Both were getting more of my attention than the people and things in front of me. It took a family road trip during spring break for me to become aware of what was going on. On […]
I have been wanting to write this blog post for a few years now. The original inspiration for this post happened back when my daughter was in preschool and a classmate bit her. When I asked her teacher if the classmate had been told to apologize, she said that they don’t encourage insincere apologies at […]
My daughter has entered a grade level where she and her classmates are trying to work out some complex social dynamics. Children huddle and talk about some other child that they don’t like. I have been trying to work through my own emotional reactions to this so that I can find a way to talk […]
The other day when I wrote the post about name calling, I’d been sitting on a half-written version of it for a week or two. I have many posts like this, ones I’ve started and then gotten stuck on, so there is a massive pile of drafts waiting for me to write. A conversation on […]
The other day when I was running, I made a huge mistake in the middle of a busy intersection. It was completely my fault. I was ending an exhausting run that was having a negative impact on my cognitive functioning: in short; I was totally out of it. I got to an intersection, all I […]
Yesterday, I wrote about pruning the roses for spring, something I willingly do on my own terms. Sometimes in spring, plants get pruned on the weather’s terms. Things get ripped brutally apart from the weight of a heavy snowstorm, and you are left with broken plants, trees, bushes. You were excited about the potential fruit […]
The other day, my daughter asked me if “hate” is a bad word. The short answer is no, because I do not believe that emotions are good or bad. The long answer is a bit more complicated. When emotions such as hate, jealousy, and anger get classified as bad and wrong, then you might try […]
Last night, I tried to make some fresh pasta and the dough got gummed up in the pasta maker, probably because it was too moist. I got frustrated and started to toss all the dough into the compost, but my daughter insisted that she make dinner out of the dough. I was in a horrible […]
I have the Internet on my mind lately, and today I am thinking about how much of our lives we share with the public via social media and blogging. I often struggle with how much to share about my life and my children, and how much to keep private. Today I read a blog post […]