I prefer to think of myself as optimistic rather than naïve.
A naïf, upon hanging a basketball hoop in her inner city driveway, would assume that any neighbors who stopped by to shoot hoops would always remember to pick up their own trash, stay off the rim, and keep a civil tongue in their heads.
In contrast, […]
“When I woke up this morning, I thought, ‘Hooray! It’s Tuesday!’ But then I asked myself, ‘Why would I be happy that it’s Tuesday?’” — Ned Fratus, March 8, 2005
Our friend Sarah once wore a silky blue skirt on her head every day for several months. I never asked her why. She […]
Here’s an interesting coincidence:
Yesterday, my daughter Audrey’s eye was caught by an ad for Chuck E. Cheese’s school fundraising nights. She listened to the ad and commented, “That’s a good idea. Maybe we could raise money to fix our girl’s restroom.”
Then, in today’s email, I got a note from a friend who has been considering […]
Back in the day, when my husband and I were in our East Coast urban professional/academic stage, we enjoyed getting away from it all by backpacking. At the time, we didn’t realize that we were building mental and emotional muscles that we would need in our later work as parents. I believe we just found […]
While we were getting into the car to head for swimming lessons this weekend, my daughter, Audrey, asked me, “When did you start doing Mama Says?” I explained to her that I’d sent out playgroup schedules with notes on them beginning about the time she was born, but hadn’t actually given the project a […]