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I think they even have some catholic spaniards invade their huts. ;)
California Missions: The Fourth Grader's State-cation
MomCentral is currently running a blog campaign on behalf of Holiday Inn to encourage people to get out and explore their own states-- a "state-cation," if you will. I'm not a native Californian, so this idea intrigued me, since there is a great deal about the state I live in that I don't kn...
Our little mountain school's fourth grade teacher was raised by hippies, so she doesn't do the Mission tour...but she does take the class on a camping trip to Tomales Bay where they re-enact Ohlone traditions.
California Missions: The Fourth Grader's State-cation
MomCentral is currently running a blog campaign on behalf of Holiday Inn to encourage people to get out and explore their own states-- a "state-cation," if you will. I'm not a native Californian, so this idea intrigued me, since there is a great deal about the state I live in that I don't kn...
Honey I am so sorry. I know you know me. You don't want to remember me maybe...I lost who you lost. I lost a son. He lived in our family. He was part of us for 13 months and then....((poof))....he was gone.
I am sorry a million times over. And it sucks and it is fucked up beyond belief and that is all I can offer you.
Oh yes, and this: IT will become easier eventually. Because, well, time and all that, right?
But also this: Best advice anyone gave me after Elijah died? Was essentially this: "For about ONE YEAR.....Do not try and function on a normal level. Do not make any life changing decisions, and do not expect things to be different until at least a year has passed. If you are feeling like you cannot see things clearly, then you are doing GREAT! Do not expect to be fine."
For the next months, weeks...as you know....it no longer became a challenge of me against the normal world. I stopped fighting it.
And after about a year...I started to understand.
I love you.
lost and found
Rich was cleaning his photo card from his work camera the other day and came across a picture of Thalon I never knew existed. Feelings of anguish rush at an alarming rate when I look at his sweet little face. I start to AGAIN question, why me? WHY HIM? Why, why, why? The answer is: there is ...
What you don't do is disappear.
You bring food that can be frozen if not needed now; you pick up an extra few salads at whole foods for their fridge; you send toys for their sick child and well siblings (if they have them).
The most touching memories after we lost our son, were those who reached out with food (we would NEVER have fed ourselves, truly) and with toys for my living child (any new distraction was welcome).
Don't disappear.
What do you say to someone whose child is sick?
A lot of whining goes on in my household, and it's not just my kids doing it. I'll admit that many of my blog posts complain about this thing and that. I whine about gas prices and house prices. About bureaucracy and other parents and the size of my breasts. It all makes for interesting blog...
the girl has some POWER.
i actually believe she didn't do it.
hmmm.
"I Didn't Do It"
This is my daughter. Julia. With her beloved and well worn pink (ish gray) elephant, the straw hat I got for her at the Farmers' Market a couple of weeks ago, and her new sunglasses we got this morning because her other two pair are broken. She wanted me to take a picture of her sporting the n...
I would certainly make some noise about that. In the past, HH has been responsive to issues like that.
But umm yes - I would have had a hard time with that one. I would have apologized as requested but then stammered out how freaking RUDE her child was and how perhaps if someone was helping or supervising those boys, then the invaluable lesson of taking turns might also have been learned.
And then she would have punched me, but it would have been worth it.
Remedial Math at the Amusement Park
Summer is upon us. But before you pack up the kids and head to an amusement park, let's first go over a simple math word problem: A kiddie car ride has room for 10 riders. If you were the ride operator, what is the maximum number of children (riders) you would allow to board? The correct answe...
okay.
you did warn me.
the vomiting. oh, the hurlous vomitous vomiting.
More Signs Of The Coming Apocalypse: Danny Bonaduce Brings His Lil' Partridge Out To Play
I am warning you: what follows after the jump is not only NSFW, it is NSFVWEQCAASSAAAMABB (Not Suitable For Viewing Without Excessive Quantities Of Caffeine And A Strong Stomach And Also Maybe A Barf Bag): I'm sorry. I'm so very, very sorry. But having been exposed to it myself, it seemed clea...
I feel the love.
thankyou.
Manic Monday Goes Back to School
September's Silicon Valley Moms Blog Manic Monday Mash-Up looks at back to school. Moms packed lunches, took photos, and shed tears. Lots and lots of tears. Gwendomama sent her kindergartener off to school carrying a rose and wearing black hightops. She didn't cry until she saw the other moms...
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