by Dawn | Jul 26, 2014 | family
“Mommy, you’re sending me to summer camp so we don’t have to go on vacation!” Declan wanted “vacation.” That means a hotel with a pool. He feels sold out. “No, I’m sending you to summer camp because it’s fifty-five...
by Dawn | Jun 30, 2014 | family, self-improvement
I usually dedicate one weekend day to laundry. That night becomes “too tired to fold laundry night.” Sometimes I skip a week because I don’t see nearly enough full laundry baskets hanging around the house, but when they’re overflowing and...
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 11, 2014 | family
I hear this once a day. The first time Declan said the “h” word, he didn’t like dinner. I’m not phased. If I were a regular mother, I’d have been crushed. Devastated, even. But I’m a teacher. Kids hate me all the time. I gave too...
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 28, 2014 | family, sports
I’m not a good mom. I don’t know that sign ups for stuff are seven calendar years before the stuff actually happens. I operate like this: I smell mud on the ground–I think about baseball season. The chill is still slightly in the air, but my...
