Yesterday at the YMCA swimming pool, Redding was eyeing the lifeguards. He leaned in close and while giving them a sidelong glance said, “Mom, do you think the lifeguards are, like, REAL people?” Unsure how to respond, I said, “Well, I’m pretty sure they aren’t robots, they’d rust.”
Apr
16
Tomorrow
This teeny tiny little guy will be 5 years old. Happy Birthday Redding! You make our lives complete.
Apr
13
After my own heart
Redding: Mom, can we bake some cookies today? That would just make everything better. It would indeed. P.S. The house is still full of Easter candy. But candy just doesn’t have the therapeutic qualities of baking cookies, any cookies, from scratch.
Apr
11
One Idea
Explaining death to children is always a challenge. It is one of the few moments in life when I do wish I could simply tell my children — that person went to heaven. That whole thing. With faith and certainty. In the months running up to my Mom passing, we had many talks about what [...]
Apr
01
Out of the Mouths of Babes
There is a tiny part of me that absolutely adores the fact that my children (at almost 5 and almost 9 years old) think that the following are BAD words: – Stupid – Ugly – Dang it! – Shiitake mushrooms (Thanks stupid Spy Kids movies!) Please proceed.