by Dawn | Feb 27, 2014 | family, Teaching
Declan had a wiggly tooth. “You don’t have to pull it out if it hurts,” I said. “The Tooth Fairy can come any night. No rush.” He knew, though, that the Tooth Fairy brings money. He likes money. With the force of and courage of a...
by Dawn | Feb 24, 2014 | family, self-improvement
Declan is fighting me. I’m supposed to be the bad guy from a show he loves. He has it choreographed to the last detail. “Side kick me, Mommy.” That’s something you don’t hear a six-year old say often. I aim for the stomach....
by Dawn | Jan 4, 2014 | family, gratitude
New Year’s is time to pack up the tree. I remove each ornament and ponder its significance as I gently wrap it and put it in its special box. Except for the generic balls and fillers, each has a very special meaning–the power to make me travel to a time...
by Dawn | Dec 30, 2013 | family
In my family we don’t give gifts. We give aggravation. No one likes a Yankee Swap where people regift candles to an unsuspecting aunt. That’s small time. We’re far more clever than that. Anyone who’s come near our family has suffered the wrath...
by Dawn | Dec 20, 2013 | family
Friday. TGIF. The last day…before Christmas break. The world is rejoicing. We…just…have…to…survive…today. I brought the gifts I made for my advisory students yesterday. Getting a jump on Christmas, like most of America. I forgot two...
by Dawn | Dec 18, 2013 | family
I wanted to simplify Christmas. I’m feeling crafty. I stole my friends art ideas, manufactured things using their concepts and mailed the finished stolen-idea products back as gifts. They’ll never guess I totally plagiarized the ideas because my art is...
