Parenthood

Son’s AU visit

I was so excited that my son was going to visit, I started making lists of things I wanted him to see and places I wanted him to eat. When I asked him what he wanted to do while he was here, he said he wanted to see wild animals. Hmmm, the issue with wild

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The Thank You Note

I was raised writing thank-you notes for birthday and xmas gifts. It was one of those tasks that was always completed before I went back to school from winter break. Notes were always to the same people: grandparents, aunts and uncles, family. I still write notes to these people and for those who have helped

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Reevaluating Childhood

Son emailed me during finals When  I was younger my favorite type of ice cream was rocky road. However, to me, the chocolate that the marshmallows and nuts were in didn’t taste like normal chocolate (of course it wouldn’t it’s ice cream not chocolate). I noticed this and reconciled it by assuming that the marshmallow

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Family Memo

  This is how my family communicates: via white board. I came down the stairs to see the first note: Family Memo There is at least one large spider residing in this house. I failed to kill her and she got away. Since I didn’t know when I’d see the kids, I wrote my questions

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