Gently Down

I said I would never tell another mother how to dress or raise her kids. Mostly because you don’t know the whole story when you open your mouth, and you always look like a fool or a bitch when you tell me what I’m doing wrong. But I did it. And I still feel like [...]

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My strongest belief currently: that the pauses matter as much as the events.

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A more detailed response to Martha Brockenbrough’s post about teaching your kid to invite the outcast. And what such a situation meant for me.

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Forgive me while I wax geeky and continue to go on about values. I promise to find something new to discuss next week. We went to Boston last week and values, and the misguided values I received from my family, have been on my mind. I am doing my best not to (unfairly?) categorize my [...]

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