by Dawn | Dec 22, 2015 | family, gratitude, self-improvement
It’s time to have a serious talk with the boy. I sit him down. “Listen, Declan,” I say. “Santa’s not getting you everything on this list.” “Yes, he will.” It’s a hefty list. “No, he won’t.” I...
by Dawn | Nov 16, 2015 | family, parenting
“Mom, look what he gave me!” It was a Pokemon card. It was shiny. I don’t know much about Pokemon, but I know shiny is good. Conquests and wars have been based on nations getting more shiny things. “Can you believe it?” he says....
by Dawn | Jul 12, 2015 | self-improvement
I’ve talked about this before. No one likes their own picture. I have a zit, look a stain, why can’t I have one supermodel shot like my friends? I’m looking for one picture that makes me feel perfect. My sister-in-law took that picture years ago....
by Dawn | Apr 8, 2015 | parenting, religion, Teaching
I told Declan the story of the Passover the other night. Too many people separate Judaism and Christianity. I imagine being a Jew in the time of Jesus–Romans, poverty, political turmoil. Being a Jew in the time of Jesus was sort of like being a colonist...
by Dawn | Mar 29, 2015 | education reform, Teaching
Declan gets pennies in a reward jar for not annoying me. He earned enough to get something. He asked for a Rubik’s Cube. I was the last of my friends to get the Rubik’s Cube in the 80’s. I never did learn to solve it. “Here, Mom, solve...
