“I don’t like this Valentine’s Day card.” “I’m not fond of cleaning up.” “That does not make me happy.” “STOP IT!” “But I want something!” Yesterday, I begged Big Friend…
Tag: <span>parenting</span>
There are just a few wisps of baby cocoon clinging to Little Friend’s rapidly spreading pre-schooler wings. The other day, Big Friend and I realized that another sizable chunk of…
I began 2011 with a vision for the year: The Year of the Cup. I imagined the twelve months before me as empty vessels to be filled with God’s trademark…
“Hey Mama. Will you give me a special treat? Guess why–’cause you love me?” Now tell me, please, how does an almost-three-year-old brain do the complex manipulations it takes to…
Apparently there’s no end to the lessons parents must learn. Really, before Little Friend came into my life, I felt like a mostly responsible, reasonable, competent, well-rounded human being. I…
Little Friend is now taking showers instead of baths. This change has come about thanks to a newly realized fear of hers: the bathtub drain. That black hole of a…