"A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car for ever after." Peter DeVries, American satirist Oh, for the days when I actually knew what I was doing as a mother. I would go into a grocery store, see a toddler with orange popsicle smeared on her face and give a… Continue reading Mothering fails
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Silver slippers
“Most people don't grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging.” Maya Angelou, American poet Growing up is on my mind these days. Our oldest daughter is in one of those times of transition. Not a full-blown… Continue reading Silver slippers
