by Dawn | May 29, 2014 | family, food, parenting
The school nurse called. I didn’t pack Declan the right lunch. Declan doesn’t eat, but worse than that there seems to be some suspicion as to whether I feed him. It appears the boy “outgrew sandwiches.” We’ve been making jelly sandwiches...
by Dawn | May 22, 2014 | parenting
“For my birthday I want…” He’s been planning it since the last Christmas present’s been unwrapped. I don’t want to plan a birthday party. I’m already the worst mom in the world. We have a wedding to go to on D-Day, his actual...
by Dawn | May 7, 2014 | parenting
“I like your drawing.” You can’t say “What is it?” Kids get insulted. “You should know what that is, Mommy!” they’ll say. This art’s pretty good. By “good,” I mean easily identifiable by a non-parent....
by Dawn | May 6, 2014 | family, parenting, Teaching
Every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, “we” get homework. Homework was the norm when I was a student but the left and right wingers battle out on the ed reform stage today. Imagine this debate on Fox News: “Homework is terrible for kids and...
by Dawn | Apr 13, 2014 | parenting, spirituality, Uncategorized, Zen
There are moments when a mother looks at her child and thinks, “I messed up here.” The subject of God is one of them. God has always been quite good to me. I grew up in a community where everyone truly lived out the meaning of that word. No person suffered...
by Dawn | Mar 27, 2014 | parenting, Teaching
The bell rang. I walked into my room. My students were playing video games. The horror! I stood there, an invisible force in the universe that doesn’t matter much to kids playing video games. “Um…hello?” “Oh, hi, Miss.” The game...
