by Annie | Apr 29, 2015 | Gettin Schooled, Kids!
“Children of mine!” I said. This is our call to arms, our Revelee, our ‘Circle the Wagons’. They know it and, usually, respond. Today they lagged. I was trying to get out the door to a meeting and I rolled my eyes to Max. I could hear the...
by Annie | Apr 22, 2015 | Kids!
To round out our Tour of Horrors a la the Dentist was a scheduled surgery for Gemma. Lord have mercy. To say I was a nervous wreck was an understatement. I was worried about her pain, her experience, a traumatic post op, recovery . . . and then I got a visit from the...
by Annie | Apr 16, 2015 | Kids!
We have a twelve-year-old. Max is TWELVE. Twelve! Saying it out loud makes Jac and I feel it in our bones but it was Max who said to Lucy on the morning of his golden birthday, “I’m an old man, Lu!” Then he starts saying things like, “I...
by Annie | Apr 7, 2015 | Domestic Church, Kids!
Parenting, as it turns out, is a giant crap shoot. The thing is, you pour your heart and soul and very life into your kids and then just hold your breath, hoping something, anything, sticks. Results may vary. And seeing how each person grows and develops at their...
by Annie | Apr 6, 2015 | Domestic Church, On the Home Front, Seasons
Let’s remember 2015 as the Seder That Nearly Wasn’t. About a week before Holy Thursday I had a moment where the bickering and whining and complaining and all around nastiness pushed me over the edge. There was yelling. Awkward sideways glances shot from...
