Someone I was great friends with in high school but hadn’t seen for over 25 years recently moved a few miles away from me. We’ve gotten a chance to reconnect and resume a friendship that was rooted in a small high school (there were 40 kids in my graduating class) and it’s been a really [...]
Entries Tagged as 'friendship'
Old Friends
May 13th, 2010 · 3 Comments
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Crossing Boundaries
December 17th, 2009 · No Comments
One of the toughest things for me as an adult has been to set boundaries. Whether it’s preserving some sense of privacy (Yes, I am finally allowed to take a bath without a parade of children coming through…) or setting boundaries and rules for the kids, or even with friends, deciding when something is a-okay [...]
Tags: Behavior · Family · Marriage · Mental Health · Parenting · Safety · friendship
She Knows My Name
December 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments
I was all set to write about more of my efforts to improve respect and cooperation around the house when everything changed yesterday.
There’s a very special young lady at my church named Samantha who is nearly 20 years old. Sammie happens to have Down’s Syndrome, so among other things her speech is [...]
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On-line Relay Teams?
August 1st, 2009 · No Comments
I have to confess the first time I met a blogging friend in real life, I was a little worried about it. Like many other bloggers have written, I wondered if the friend and I would connect in person as well as we did in on-line. Sure enough we did. In fact when I went [...]
Tags: Beauty, Health & Fitness · friendship
Play Date Etiquette Advice for Older Kids
April 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments
I should have entitled this post Play Date Etiquette Advice for Parents of Older kids. My kids are almost 3 and 5.5. Next year my older son (OS) will be in kindergarten. Since he just missed the cutoff (Sept.2 and the cutoff is August 31) for this year, many of his friends [...]
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Mistrusting the Multitude
April 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment
For the last few weeks I’ve been sharing the multitude of changes happening in my personal life. From ending my undergraduate with a bang, impending graduation and of course, acceptance into teacher’s college. It’s been a wonderful, harrowing, exhilarating process. Now – for the real details. Time for a job.
Each of the last four years [...]
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A Question of Etiquette
March 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments
Saturday my older boys (age 10) and my younger boys (age 6) were playing with two neighbor boys (ages 7 and 9). After bouncing on the trampoline at the neighbor’s house, they all trooped over to our house to play here. Everyone was downstairs playing various games when the doorbell rang. It [...]
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Preschoolers and Transitions
March 11th, 2009 · 7 Comments
When my older son was three, he loved playing at his friend’s house, conveniently located just across the street. Loved it so much that it was the focus of most of his waking thoughts.
Can we go to L.’s house today?
Why can’t we go to L.’s house today?
Look! L.’s car is in the driveway! That [...]
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Fading Moments
January 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments
One girlfriend from back home, four flirtini’s and six full seasons of Sex and the City leave me thinking about life, love and friendships. Call it nostalgia or just call me crazy, but why does life always seem sweeter in memories?
Before I moved away for university, I had a full life. I had a little [...]
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The Misunderstandings of a Misunderstood
December 19th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Happy Holidays! Anyone finding themselves bombarded with a “to do” list that just never ends? Raise your hand so I can see you.
Now that I’ve started a multi-national wave – let’s get down to the real business. The business of busy. And, more importantly, the consequences of that. For those that know me, this is [...]
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