Tag: Parenting
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The Person They Remember is Not the Person I Know
“How Great Thou Art” emerged from his robust chest, filling the sanctuary. My eyes welled as the bellowing voice rose to the rafters. The words clearly resonating deep within his own soul. After a year of watching the man in his late-40’s at a distance – him singing up on…
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A Tale in the Trees
A Tale in the Trees is not written as a formal poem. These words are simply a creative play upon the “tale” that came to me yesterday walking through the park.
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Rarely Out Late, Home by 8!
Since the nest has emptied, if we go out for dinner, it’s (usually) around 5pm-6pm. If we dine with friends with less job flexibility, we happily make reservations for 7pm or 8pm. Key word: reservations. While it’s healthier to eat earlier, for me it’s about not waiting for a table…
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7 Strange and Beautiful Things
Sharing curious and beautiful observations from the last couple weeks…
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Poem Published on Spillwords Press
I just returned to NY from traveling and was a day late coming home, not checking my Gmail while away. I was thrilled and truly thankful that a poem I submitted on May 2nd was published on May 9th. I am sincerely grateful to Dagmara K. for selecting my poem…
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The Preschool Library Years – National Library Week
The library is one of the few spaces where time slows. American culture tends to resist a slow pace of life. Unhurried feels less productive.
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Lent: How Fasting Changed for me
Folklore claims that I was baptized Catholic as an infant. Subsequently, I was unchurched until the age of thirteen. At that juncture, my mother decided we would attend the church of her childhood: the Greek Orthodox Church. My Papou (maternal grandfather) arrived here from Greece, while my YiaYia (maternal grandmother)…
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Ripped and Well-Worn for $128
I like clothes shopping. My oldest daughter and I firmly believe that a couple hours amid pretty things is a great way to decompress and lift our mood. This is especially true when the skies are 10-days of gray, accompanied by weeks of below freezing temperatures. The last time my…
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Mom, I Wish I Knew You Young
When I was out of town, my son and his fiancée stopped at the house to pick up old family videos. I’m sure they thought it would be fun to see my son as a toddler, running the coastline in a swim diaper while on vacation. Before I could even…
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10 At the End – January Gratitude
This is a list of 10 things I’m thankful to have enjoyed or accomplished in month one of 2025. The list below is less exciting than what I expected to share at the outset of this month. I was sidelined a bit with my back leading to more reading, less…
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I wasn’t much of a dog person until…🐾
We never had a dog while the kids were growing up, though a beloved mini lop bunny was part of the family for 12 years, along with a tortoise, hamster and guinea pig at various times throughout their youth. Our daughter and new son-in-law brought an Australian Shepherd home last…
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Gen Z’ers Think Mid-Lifers Know Everything…or Nothing
The 35-year-young mom of two preschoolers quickly said hello, then fired off a series of complaints to me in a breathy 20 seconds. ‘My husband and I should be saving money but he wants another flat screen on the back porch. Things aren’t great between us. Like, they are bad.…
Tales from a Mid-Lifer 