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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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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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
Daughter was reviewing what needed to be done for prom preparation: Set out clothes Get hair cut Pick up corsage Son asked: What’s a corsage? Daughter answered: A flower. That goes somewhere. I started laughing and Daughter asked: Was my oversimplification correct? Yes, it it completely correct.
Daughter came home a couple weeks ago announcing that she had been asked to prom. The name of the girl who invited her was only vaguely familiar and someone I’ve never met or even seen a picture of. Because she was in the throes of 3 other events, she could not compute what it meant
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