it takes the average child about 20 seconds to undo a days worth of housework. it takes my children about half that amount of time. talk about a lesson in detachment to the fruit of one’s labor.
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Lessons From Children:
Posted in Family, Home, Words on July 28, 2009 | Comments Off
“You think I’m stupid.”
Posted in Boundaries, Max, Transition, Words on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
something about max’s personality has recently been brought to my attention. it is a trait that is so familiar, only i understand experiencing it as an adult and have not once considered it from a child’s perspective.
he is sensitive, like his mommy (not to be confused with, psychic). he is sensitive to words and to [...]
i have a little secret.
Posted in Transition, Words on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
i am lonely during the day.
five years of parenting my children full-time has its ups and downs. i talk plenty of the ups in this space, so i’m gonna talk about one specific down that is standing out right now… Loneliness. i’m sure this is something that anyone can imagine to be true of a [...]
“If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for a reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.”
Posted in Boundaries, Family, Words on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“jump! jump! jump!”
“watch me! max!”
they bounce from one bed to the next. learning how to jump and bounce off one another in such a way that one doesn’t go crying to mama.
“i wanna show you a trick.” max says to bella. “close your eyes.”
he runs to the next room, a trick up his shirtless sleeve, [...]
“To be aware of a single shortcoming in oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in someone else.”
Posted in Mothering, Transition, Words, tagged Mothering on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
oh to go. to go to that place where emotion becomes word, where dark becomes clear and where pain sits far, but decidedly near. you know that place. that place that can’t really be explained with any real written language, only expressed in ways that others have done before. it is chaotically quite even amongst [...]
Dear Life o’ Mine and where others intertwine,
Posted in Words on June 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
we all have gifts. gifts that make us unique while connecting us to others. sometimes, we never see our gifts because the fog between us and the mirror is too thick. sometimes, we find our gift after years of misusing and misunderstanding. and sometimes the gift becomes clear and we feel like, okay, now what [...]
Finding my inner strength to say, Fuck You.
Posted in Words on March 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday Morning:
Bella (while in their bedroom): Max! Max! Come ‘ere Max!
She calls for Max about three times. Max ignores her, focused on what he is doing. Mama lets her know.
Me (sitting at the kitchen table): Max is working on some art right now, Bella.
Max (at the kid’s table in living room): [...]
And to all a good day.
Posted in Words on December 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Feeling like today is a Saturday. Hal is home, Wall-E, is on the TV (in Blu-Ray, baby), our tummies are full with salad and lentils, and I’m at the computer munching on some seriously fucking divine chocolate gifted to me by Hal for my birthday. Chocolate that is SO GOOD its making me cum. Hal [...]
G & S
Posted in Words on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, I’ve had a pretty lazy, unproductive day week. The kind of week that I try to have at least, uuuh, every week. I’m pretty successful at it, clocking in at least a solid three lazy days, per week. My life is going to turn upside down once I start working outside the home. And [...]
Friendship
Posted in Friends, Words on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On Friendship and Calling Out…
Just as soon as I think I am qualified for my PC card, I say something whack’d. It happens to me all the time!
A reminder, courtesy of our Universe, that there is so much more to learn.
If I’m going to someday do something with all this brainpower I possess (heh), its [...]
