Monthly Archives: May 2009

I just asked Claire if she would go beyond putting her dirty dishes from lunch in the sink and actually rinse them off and put them in the dishwasher. And you know what? She looked at me as if I’d … Continue reading →

This morning at breakfast, Adam looked at me serious as a heart attack and said, “Mom, I’d really like to go ice skating with an elephant this summer.” Weird on so many levels. And then later today, we were watching … Continue reading →

“Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” –Elizabeth Stone To me, that is precisely what it feels like to be a mother. When … Continue reading →

Though Adam is usually the one who makes us all laugh, tonight it was Claire who provided the entertainment. She wasn’t even trying to be funny, but she said several things that put us all in stitches. It was a … Continue reading →

This morning as I savored my first sip of coffee, Adam proclaimed to me, “Mom, I don’t like coffee now, cuz I’m just 5. But when I’m 74, I’ll like it.” Almost spit out my first sip.