Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in Emotional development, exercise, parenting on Jun 29th, 2011
Big Girl is on a local swim team. She loves it. Last year, when she was six, she was not what I would call great. Or even good. She never won a single meet. Didn’t even come close, really. But she stuck with it, and we were proud. Most important: She enjoyed herself. This year, [...]
Posted in Emotional development, Things that make me go hmmm on Jun 27th, 2011
We had Little Girl’s birthday party this weekend. At some point, our camera got lost. We believe it took a long, one-way ride on the top of my SUV. (Hubby, buckling her into the carseat, placed it there and forgot to pick it back up. We think.) It was a rough afternoon for us. We [...]
Posted in Emotional development, parenting, toddlers on May 17th, 2011
Little Girl is angelic. Big light blue eyes, blond curls, porcelain skin. Truly, truly angelic. Tonight, that little angel behaved like a devil, dropping not one but THREE f-bombs. We were having dinner. I’m coaxing her to sit still and face the table. She was ignoring me. I gave her a final warning: “Turn around [...]
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 [...]