Letters I’m Unable to Mail
Dear caffeine,I am greatly indebted to your services.I can’t ever repay the favor.Humbly grateful,Twitching Hands Dear Cashier at Savers,It was not kind of you to give my son a Tootsie Roll when I wasn’t looking.I know it was you, you sneaky old woman with yellowed fingernails.He’s not even two, and …
Teaching History to a Toddler
I checked out some books from the library today.Two of them were historical children’s lit. (Note, there were other nonsensical books and simple stories; I am not trying to rob my son of his childhood, just to provide a broad scope of children’s literature.) One of the historical books …
Big Changes
Last night, in discussion with Michael about a potential large change, I compared my sometimes irrational fear of change (even when I’m looking forward to jumping at change in the exact same second) to an anatomic free radical. I’m learning to speak my husband’s language, ha! My analogies often fall …
Amos McGee and Consonant Clusters
One of the beautiful blessings of being a stay-at-home mom (a privilege that I don’t take lightly) is that I get to see minor changes in Million’s development each and every day.It’s seldom that I say “when did he pick that up?” because I know that he didn’t know how …