Sophie recently has become very interested in attire. I let her do as she pleases when it comes to what she wishes to wear. So some mornings, she walks around in her winter hat and sunglasses—indoors. Some evenings she wears her pretty ribbon skirt—over her pajamas. My drawer of scarves and wraps is a favorite […]
I’m a worrier. In elementary school my teachers wrote the maximum time I was allowed to spend on a homework assignment on the top of my worksheets. In Girl Scouts I was known for fretting over budgets instead of activities when planning trips. In college I did test walks to my classes to assure myself […]
Mom, Dad, Grandma and I carved pumpkins while waiting for Halloween to officially start. There was a lot of pumpkin goo. Mom roasted the seeds but I’m still too little to eat them. Grandma drew the face on my pumpkin. Paw Paw “participated” from Boston. The whole event was pretty traumatic for me at first. […]
three baby birds-to-bein our fuschia plant one peony-to-bein our backyard two baby Uhls-to-bein me! “There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins.” —Josh Billings
Grandma visited for Halloween weekend and I showed her my bubble blower. We ran out of bubble liquid but then guess what—she made more! Tucker likes to jump and eat the bubbles, which I think is hilarious. “A smile starts on the lips, A grin spreads to the eyes, A chuckle comes from the belly; […]
Last Friday was my mom’s very last day (ever!) of work. Of course, we all have our everyday life work of cleaning, cooking, laundry and so on. But now that she’s retired, she can choose her “work” so much more freely—quilting, sewing, gardening, reading, English-film watching, last-minute road trips, visiting family. I’m looking forward to […]
The first year Andy and I lived in Ft. Thomas, we went to the annual Ft. Thomas Jack-O-Lantern Walk. A wooded trail is lit with more than 1,000 luminaries, and hundreds of jack-o-lanterns, made by residents, line the walk. I think we were the only ones there without a child. So this year I was […]
Last week Sophie and I met Julie—a friend from high school whom I haven’t seen in years—and her three boys, Joseph, Nathan and Daniel for a play date at beautiful Ault Park. We had a great time and perhaps watching the boys taught Sophie to be a little less timid—she went down a large, curvy […]
When facing this … I must remember this. As when facing this … I must remember this. “Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves.” —Marcelene Cox
“Yoga is the fountain of youth. You’re only as young as your spine is flexible.” —Bob Harper
