The Archives

• sisters

  Three Bugs in a Rug

  09.16.08 | Permalink | 22 Comments

  Sally and Susan have always been sleep contortionists. Now Spot’s old enough to join their convoluted contretemps, though why they’d choose her crib to sleep in is beyond me. Stumble This! For more posts like this, subscribe to What About Mom. Check out more Wordless Wednesdays.

• blogging, personal history

  For my own personal history

  09.11.08 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  Memarie Lane has a great post today about how most of us are bit players (if not Kleenex-disposable extras) in the big scheme of life. That’s why (because I agree, not because of her post) I wasn’t going to write some grandiose “Where were you?” post about September 11th. Wasn’t going to say that we [...]

• motherhood

  For thirty-one years I’ve apologized for you. If that’s not love, what is?

  08.22.08 | Permalink | 13 Comments

  Last week I went with my sister to look at a house my parents were encouraging her to buy as her divorce approaches. My sister wasn’t very excited about the ‘cow place’ (it backs onto a pasture), and I had to agree with her. On Monday my mom took a plate of “Sorry!” cookies to [...]

• Sally, school

  Dear Sally, Grandma thinks you’re autistic and she can’t stop talking about it

  07.21.08 | Permalink | 11 Comments

  {Back to HELP WANTED.} Sometimes I think about homeschooling. This thinking usually peaks around May and plummets in July. The timing is handy, making me look forward to both summer vacation and to school starting again. And even though I know it’s a cycle, I can’t avoid it because let’s face it: two universal truths [...]

• marriage, summer

  For Nana and Grampa in Florida — Thanks for the dorky husband. Also, you’ll be glad to know your grandkids can swim

  07.14.08 | Permalink | 8 Comments

  For a few months after my sister’s husband left her, Dick and I were really nice to each other. I cooked his favorite meals (or at least I cooked: not sure if they were actually favorites). He started putting Spot to bed along with her sisters. Of course he does this completely wrong, letting Spot [...]