The State of Discontent
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A Pinch of Love
on Oct 29, 2009 in Recipes Suppose, hypothetically, that you are visiting your husband's ailing grandmother in the hospital.Suppose she is in her 90s, frail, and in recovery from a recent heart attack. Suppose she has just been diagnosed, in the hospital, with an advanced form...
An Open Letter to Every Teacher of a Child with a Sensory Disorder
on Oct 15, 2009 in Sensory Disorder Trust me, I really, truly do want my kid to learn to follow the rules we adults set for children in school about sitting still, sitting up straight, being quiet, paying attention, waiting in line, waiting one's turn, following directions in order, fo...
Voiceless
on Oct 8, 2009 in Sensory Disorder In August, I lost my voice.I don't mean figuratively. I mean literally.I caught a bad respiratory infection. (The Swine Flu? The Bird Flu? A cold? Who knows.) And then a secondary bacterial infection. Bronchitis. Laryngitis. I developed a fiery sore...
Conversations with a Five-Year-Old: Life, the Universe, and Everything
on Aug 3, 2009 in Mothering Kids Say the Darndest Things "Why are we here?" he asks from the back seat of the car.Because this is the road we need to be on to get where we need to go, we say. We are going to the ice cream store, like you asked us to, and this is the road that leads to it."No, no no no, no...
Still Recovering from BlogHer
on Jul 30, 2009 in Blogging Outside the Blog Sensory Disorder Mothering I came home from BlogHer to a garden overflowing with green beans and wax beans and Juliet tomatoes and watermelon vines overgrowing into my garden fence in a way I'd decidedly discouraged them from doing just before I left town. (But you know, I was...
Girl Trouble, Part Two
on Jul 22, 2009 in Mothering Kids Say the Darndest Things He was reading, silently. As he read, it seemed, he came across the word "bell." I heard him whisper."Bell. Like Bella. Bella. That's what Isabella likes to be called.""Did you say something? Are you talking to me?" I said, pretending I hadn't heard...
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