Part One Balance on one foot, and use the other to push down on whichever pedal is higher. Ready? Ok, try it. Five minutes later, Sebastian, on the eve of his fifth birthday, was riding his two-wheeler. Twenty minutes later he was zipping around our street like he’d been doing it for weeks. He’d…
Category Archives: why I’ve been MIA
Retrospective
Well, my ten-minute post idea lasted five days and then disappeared for 4 months. I toyed with the idea of shutting down the blog so that I wouldn’t feel guilty about not writing here. I haven’t been able to do it. Even though I’ve been busying myself with my non-virtual life, it was comforting to…
Snapshots
We packed everything we needed for a week into one car and drove off. I’d spent the previous two days zipping around making lists, staging items, getting everyone to choose their clothes and toys and books and get them packed already. When we got to the ferry terminal right on schedule, I breathed a sigh…
Trading my crown for a cape
I’ve been feeling like the Queen of Mediocrity lately. I keep having grand plans for how to be Excellent at Everything, but then life (and watermelon heads) get in the way. I end up looking at my lists, my charts, my calendars…and reaching for my crown in defeat. I told my husband how frustrated I…
To my friends
Dear blogging friends: I used to get frustrated with my husband for not answering his emails in a timely manner. He told me that after staring at computer screens all day, it was close to the last thing he wanted to do at home. Finding him on Reddit night after night, I didn’t believe him….
