Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in Emotional development, Marriage on May 6th, 2011
Natural is a funny word. The definition, from Dictionary.com: existing in or formed by nature (opposed to artificial). Also, growing spontaneously, without being planted or tended by human hand, as vegetation; free from affectation or constraint; arising easily or spontaneously. As someone who says she is as natural as possible, it would seem like a [...]
Posted in Emotional development, parenting, School and education on Apr 22nd, 2011
Last year Big Girl was at a private school. There was a girl. At the time I called her That Girl. She had a lot of problems, or so I was told. All I knew was that she was bossy and mean to my kid. She made her cry. She’d come off the bus, my [...]
Posted in Emotional development, Marriage on Mar 4th, 2011
I know people love reading about drama. Love it. It’s what makes people come back to a blog over and over again. Sort of like rubbernecking a horrible accident. You look because, in a way, you’re happy that it’s not you. Plus, you have something to tell your friends about. This blog post is not [...]
Posted in Emotional development on Feb 22nd, 2011
Friends and adult family members will corroborate the above assertion. I’m not a huggy person. I’m not a touchy person. It sort of bothers me. I do hug my kids, though. As much and as often as they will let me. Little Girl makes it easy for me. She is the hugging-est kid I have [...]
Posted in Emotional development, Meditation, Things that make me go hmmm on Jan 24th, 2011
Yes, there is a caterwauling, crying cat in our crawlspace (talk about alliteration!), but that’s not what this blog is about. It’s about my increasing interest in intuition. (And another alliteration x2!) Okay, so I will back up. Thursday night when we got back from Disney we were sitting in the den when we heard [...]
Posted in Emotional development, Illness on Jan 10th, 2011
A long time ago something bad happened to me when I was sleeping over at someone’s house. I didn’t talk about it until I was 16. I’ve never really told anyone except a therapist exactly what happened, but it is part of the reason I am fearful and anxious. It’s part of the reason I [...]
Posted in Emotional development, Friendship, Pop Culture on Dec 28th, 2010
I don’t know how it started, but for much of my adult life I have been an anti-giftee. I don’t like getting gifts. Not for Christmas. Not for birthdays. Not even for new babies. Maybe it’s the money thing. Maybe it’s a self-esteem thing. (Do I really deserve something so extravagant?) No matter, I am [...]
Posted in Emotional development on Dec 14th, 2010
It’s cold here in New York — too cold for a two-year-old who doesn’t like gloves or hats. This is why, every morning this month, I’ve sending Big Girl out to the bus stop by herself. Ever the helicopter parent, I park myself in front of the window so I can watch her obsessively until [...]
Posted in Emotional development, Health on Nov 20th, 2010
My writer friend Joan Price is pretty incredible. She’s a fitness and dance instructor, motivational speaker, and an author. She reviews sex toys. She line dances. She’s written two books: Better Than I Ever Expected: Straight Talk About Sex After Sixty and her soon to be released tome, Naked at Our Age. Not surprisingly, she [...]
Posted in Emotional development, parenting on Nov 9th, 2010
I must be. Really, I must be. Because, you see, my daughter told me she hated me in front of an entire room of catechists. Tonight was a mandatory catechist meeting. Mandatory. There was one earlier in the day at 10 a.m., but I was working at the time. Moderating a webinar. Not something I [...]