May 17, 2012

The End of Summer is Nigh

I’ve stated before that the month of August is like one long Sunday. The closer we get to Labor Day the more this holds true. I feel like each day is an hour and the light and air are already changing. The arrival of Hurricane Irene on the East Coast this weekend has ushered in [...]

A Week with Soucy

A Week with Soucy

TD went off to camp this week (I still get nervous each time I think of it) and that means a week with The Comedian as the big girl in the house. It’s been a blessing and a blast. We’ve had quiet story time (something she normally doesn’t sit through), taken in a puppet show [...]

Back to School

Back to School

New Shoes? Check. Purple nail polish, hair bow and socks? Check. Lunch box with non-nut snack included? Check. Incessant whining about not being able to watch Super Why! and Curious George this morning? Check. A two hour absence of answering questions like, “Why is that an umbrella?” CHECK! Future as a hand-sign throwing sorority girl [...]

On Life, Death and Our Children

I have never felt so inadequate or so much like an adult as when I attended my friend’s mothers funeral a few weeks ago. I was alone in attending and unlike other funerals I didn’t have my grandmother, or my father or my husband to lean on. As I sat there listening to my friend [...]