Every year I typically choose a word to focus on for the duration of the year. Last year, I didn’t. And the year showed for it. A lot of great things happened last year. I really can’t complain. But overall, the year just felt so sporadic, unorganized, and vision-less. This …
“I, who cannot see, find hundreds of things to interest me through mere touch. I feel the delicate symmetry of a leaf. I pass my hands lovingly about the smooth skin of a silver birch, or the rough shaggy bark of a pine…. I feel the delightful, velvety texture of a flower, …
Tonight we read Goodnight Moon thirty odd times in a row.This is a breakthrough.He must have gotten sick of Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb after we read it 15 times.Hardy har har.You just try reading that book 15 times.Dum ditty dum ditty dum dum dum. I was surprised when he handed Margaret …
Oh dear.I suppose this should have been obvious to me, but Christmas with a toddler is QUITE different than Christmas as a two-jobs, no-kids couple. We are suffering from what we call “Christmas Carnage” today.There is not a room in our house that is not in full-fledged chaos. I can’t …