Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in Emotional development, Friendship on Jul 22nd, 2010
What constitutes a friend? The answer has changed over the years. As a child my answer would have been that a friend is someone you can run around with. For example, everyone is Little Girl’s friend. If you’re willing to look at her shoes and listen to her tell you that they are the same [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Eating Healthy, Food, Friendship, Organic on Jun 9th, 2010
As many of you know, I belong to an amazing community-supported agriculture program called the Golden Earthworm Farm. This year, in fact, I am a drop-off location, which means my house is the place where 19 people come to get their just-picked organic veggies. While the price is pretty reasonable — about $20 per week [...]
Posted in Emotional development, Friendship, parenting on May 30th, 2010
We went to a Game Night friend‘s house for a barbecue tonight. Seven adults (one was working) and eight kids. The four big kids played from 4 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. At one point I grabbed my big girl and gave her a hug. As soon as I touched her I was brought back to [...]
Posted in Emotional development, Friendship on May 22nd, 2010
We went out to dinner tonight with three couples I lovingly call our Game Night crew. These are the couples we’ve been getting together with about once a month for a few years. When we meet we eat massive amounts of food and play games. (For some of the members — three out of four [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Eating Healthy, Food, Friendship, School and education, parenting on Apr 27th, 2010
Last Wednesday night my daughter’s school held a gala. I bid for and won several gift certificates in the silent auction. I went to the school yesterday to settle up and bring home my gifts. (Free pizzas, a baby class certificate, a free adult dance class.) I got there during lunch, so the woman who [...]
Posted in Friendship on Mar 30th, 2010
I’ve been going to Seders at my close friend’s house for almost a decade. I can remember the first one like it was yesterday. She was pregnant with her daughter, now almost nine, and living in Bayside, New York. Her parents were away if I remember correctly. She invited us to celebrate with her and [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food, Friendship, Health, Illness, Preventative medicine on Mar 3rd, 2010
I almost hate saying it, but I am surprised I am not hacking up a lung. Usually when I go away — and definitely after spending an afternoon in a kids’ ER — I get a cold. It’s been 48 hours now, and I am sniffle-free, but we’ll see what the week brings. I thought [...]
Posted in Emotional development, Friendship on Feb 23rd, 2010
I used to be a phone person. The type of friend who would spend hours chatting about everything and nothing. Conversations could go on for hours, and often did. Then something happened. I got used to speaking to friends via email. I could send out messages in between doing other things and wait for the [...]
Posted in Emotional development, Friendship, Play on Jan 2nd, 2010
It’s January 2. I can’t believe how fast these past two weeks have flown. Heck, I can’t believe how fast the last decade went by. On Thursday, I was watching trending topics on Twitter when I came across #tenyearsago. If you’re not on Twitter, I will explain. (And if you are, you should be following [...]
Posted in Emotional development, Friendship, Play on Nov 30th, 2009
On Saturday my husband and I took our family to the Long Island Children’s Museum to see The Bari Koral Family Band. We knew of the band because — two years ago — we purchased tickets to a family music concert series at the museum. As part of that series we received a CD that [...]
