Apparently I fell asleep mid-sentence while reading Scaredey Squirrel to Luka last night, and woke up bright and early this morning at 3:33. That’s half of 666. At the time, I wondered if that was significant, and then rolled over to empty my mind and fall back to sleep. After conjuring up visuals of empty [...]
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Just a quick note off the top, following on what I wrote yesterday. On my listserve for parents of cancer kids, a parent posted an article that really resonated with me. It isn’t specific to parents of kids with cancer, but parents whose kids have struggled with any near-death illness or accident: the article isn’t [...]
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You’re in for a long post today! Here’s a mini Table of Contents: 1. Long Weekend is Here! 2. Teen Takes Responsibility Part 2 3. A Reader Writes 4. Weekend To-Do List 5. Book Review: Retro Food Fiascos and Pretzel Soup 6. Daughter Brag
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I always had a summer job when I was in high school. Babysitting; dishwasher and scullery at a hotel; breakfast and lunch bus-girl at the same hotel; breakfast and lunch waitress at—you guessed it—the same hotel. Counter help at the drugstore. Light pool at the local car plant (I was a card-carrying member of the [...]
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Once upon a time, the weekend started Friday morning, with casual duds, super-relaxed mindset for The Office, lunch out with workmates and trying to figure out what work could be done Sunday night so I could duck out early Friday afternoon. New scenario. Up at 5:30, do work work, some housework (dishes, make lunches, load [...]
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Sometimes it makes me laugh to think that I think that anyone thinks someone else’s weekend is interesting. Monday mornings at the office were always a series of, “How’s your weekend?” “Whatcha do?” “Do anything fun this weekend?” knowing full well that if someone asked you how yours was, theirs was inevitably better. Maybe I’m [...]
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