Today is our youngest one's seventh birthday. So, in keeping with tradition and without further adieu, here is a brief letter to her: Dear First Grader, You are seven years old today. To celebrate, I want to document seven things I like about you: You are spunky. One of your favorite … [Read more...]
Things I’m learning
"I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say." ~ Flannery O'Connor Every fall when we've settled into something of a school year routine I get reflective and melancholy and basically unable to write about everyday life because the everyday starts to feel insignificant. Of what … [Read more...]
Ten
Dear 4th Grader, This past weekend we celebrated your 10th birthday. It feels like I was writing one of these letters to you just yesterday for your ninth birthday, but somehow you're another year older and wiser already. {Meanwhile, I'm just another year older because I hid one of your gifts a … [Read more...]
Confessions
On Tuesday night of this week I hauled the 4th Grader and the 1st Grader across town for a football game so the older one could cheer. The 1st Grader was tired from a long day at school and was in no mood to be a cooperative spectator on metal bleachers in 90 degree heat: Her {with a snarl}: What … [Read more...]
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