Archive: Bright
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Aug 16, 2010
3 CommentsHunting and Gathering
I tell myself every year that I am not going to make a big deal out of it this year. Of course, I’m a big, fat liar. It’s birthday season. Thursday is Star’s 5th birthday and just two week later it will be Bright’s birthday. I try to combine them so we only do a...
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Aug 13, 2010
5 CommentsDay 1/4745
I know now why I was so upset over sending my kids back to school. It is just as quiet and strange here as I imagined it would be. Of course, since this only affects me, it isn’t really a good reason to keep them home. Bright loves school. She was so excited to go...
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Jul 23, 2010
3 CommentsTwenty hours of home
I’ve arrived home again for exactly twenty hours. This is just enough time to ditch the Husband, do all of the laundry and re-pack our suitcases. Oh- and pack up my laptop. I didn’t bring it with me to the beach and I cursed myself daily over my stupidity. I hate not checking my email...
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Jun 10, 2010
6 CommentsGah.
I feel better today. I still have that feeling like there is a hole in my chest or I’ve missed something important. It’s that feeling that I’ve forgotten something important and if I just hurry fast enough, I can do whatever it is I am supposed to do. It’s a panicky feeling. Not exactly a...
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Apr 11, 2010
10 CommentsThe Detached Parent
She’s seven and half and I already have no clue what is going on in her head. I know the basics of my children: I can recite their favorite colors and their best friends name. I can tell you what vegetables they will eat and which fruits are their favorites. It’s not enough. I don’t...
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Aug 27, 2009
No CommentsAYSO can kiss my lily-white soccer ball
Bright wanted to dance last year. Do you know what dance lessons cost? Something like $30.00 per week. Or $120.00 per month. Or $1560.00 per year. Which seems a bit out of my price range for entertaining the oldest Heathen in this house. I didn’t say no, I just didn’t say yes. I did point...
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Jan 19, 2009
10 CommentsA little rhythm would go a long way
I’ve never been the kind of mom that takes pity on my kids and allows them to win when they shouldn’t. I’m a strong believer in letting kids earn what they have, including a sense of accomplishment. When my kids beat me at Candyland it’s because they actually won, not because I let them take...
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Dec 16, 2008
4 CommentsThe world is conspiring against me today.
There is snow on the ground today. This is a momentous occasion ’round these parts. I tried to be the Good Mommy and let the Kid stay home from school but she pouted. I guess school still holds some appeal to a six year old. So, I told her she could go to school if she wanted. Her reaction? Pouting....
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Dec 11, 2008
6 CommentsDarwin is confusing me
Once upon a time I was a sweet little Christian School girl. I attended church on Wednesdays and was an angel in the Christmas Pageant. I believed. Then we moved (again). I switched schools but I still kept the reverence of those days buried somewhere inside of me. I dutifuly attended midnight mass at the Crystal...
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Jul 16, 2008
8 CommentsTales of a SuperMom*
She looked so small and fragile standing in the living room, her petite frame defying her six years on earth. The volume of her Dad’s old grey tshirt dwarfed her little body as she stood waiting for me to make my way out from the bathroom. Her tears were not tears of anger or hurt but sheer disappointment....
