“It’s not fair!” “This stinks!” “That was a foul! The ref shoulda called that!” “That team is way bigger than ours!” My younger two sons were droning on and on about what a stupid basketball game we were watching. My … Continue reading
“I don’t understand why God had to make things in this world that would hurt us,” my youngest son pondered aloud as we were driving to Wal Mart the other day.” I thought about genocide, addictions, and discrimination, but asked, … Continue reading
“Do you want me to cut your cake, honey?” “Not really mom…” “Are you sure?” “Yeah, I don’t really like store-bought cake that much.” “But this is from a bakery. It’s a gourmet chocolate cake with buttercream icing. Here, taste … Continue reading
I pushed the button to open the car window. “Wait!” I called out to the woman as she shrugged and slumped, shuffling back the way she had come. The light had turned green and traffic was starting to move, but … Continue reading
“He’s going off to college, is he?” The cashier at Target asked me after I explained to her that all the boxes of frozen chicken sandwich sliders were for my son who would eat them at every meal if I … Continue reading
Thank God I’m not the last one here, I thought as I grabbed my mat and water bottle. There were two people who pulled in just ahead of me and we all went through the door at the same time … Continue reading
Amongst the many boxes of Christmas decorations that we unearth the day after Thanksgiving every year is a small bin of delicate keepsakes. Each precious treasure is wrapped individually in tissue paper nestled within its own box, many labeled with … Continue reading
This is a picture or my family’s gratitude tree, which is in its 10th season this year. When I started this tradition, I had an actual faux tree on which we hung paper “ornaments” with colored pipe cleaners. Today it … Continue reading
This article was published in The Groton Line today. Dear school teachers and administrators, I’ve discussed recess and lack thereof in the upper grades at Groton-Dunstable Regional Middle School (GDRMS) in two previous articles, Thoughts on Recess and Whatever Happened … Continue reading
This article was published on The Groton Line today. After hearing from my boys that there is no recess for the older grades in middle school, I decided I’d find out why. (I’m not typically someone who questions authority, but … Continue reading