Words go unsaid too many times but that doesn’t mean I don’t notice when you step to the shadows so I can have my day in the sun. You’ve saved portions of food so that I’d have enough to eat when I get home from work. You laboured over the stove when you were so… Read More Mothers From Around The World
Your toe broke through the sole. We peeped into a row of run-down restaurants for a new shoe and then stood beneath the eaves, watching cloudburst pound the pavement. I cradled you — seven years tall. I would carry you in the rain. You grew a few years smaller in my arms before slipping into… Read More Carry You In The Rain
I couldn’t resist this post. Five-year-olds memorized facts in seven subject areas along with 1) the names of all the U.S. presidents 2) 24 verses of a chapter from the book of Ephesians and 3) enjoyed hands-on explorations in science, art, and music. Middle and high schoolers also wrote papers, redrew the map of the… Read More We Underestimate The Human Brain
I’ve condensed the radio interview from This American Life, Love is a Battlefield. What do you make of this woman? For seven-and-a-half years, Daniel was confined to a crib. He ate in it, stared out the window during the day, and slept upright in the space he shared with another boy in the orphanage. He… Read More An Unstoppable Love
This post will make more sense if you’ve read the introduction. Two days ago, my husband said, “I gashed my leg. I need your apocalyptic stuff.” Holistic Husband had trouble with apothecary. Here we go, in alphabetical order of Uh-Ohs: Bites and Stings Repellent The majority of popular brands contains deet, highly toxic especially for… Read More First Aid from my Apothecary: Bugs, Bumps, Cuts, Poison, Sun
Summer asserted herself today. She blasted inland California with triple digits and greeted us this morning with nasty bug bites on my son’s leg and arm, an augur of the mosquitoes on standby. Ugh…here we go with the summer itching! To top it off, Tennyson was going ballistic over the red bumps that had swelled… Read More First Aid from My Apothecary: Introduction
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