Journal category
growing up
Dear Lady Jane: out with the old (and other signs of growing up)
Dear Lady Jane Sweet Girl, (I called you “Lady Jane” the other day and you very assertively told me not to call you that!)…
Dear Lady Jane: as you begin 2nd grade
You know that Bon Jovi song that goes, “The boys are back in town, the boys are back in town?” I’m singing, “The kids…
Dear Lady Jane: you’re growing up
Sweet Girl, You never used to have all these ideas and opinions! Well, maybe you did, but they weren’t expressed with such moxy. I…
Swimming toward independence
I know, I know. I said you wouldn’t be hearing from me and here I am. I’m going, I’m going. Sheesh! I only wanted…
Everything’s ok
Thud, thud, thud. “Aaaahhhhh!” “Anthony, come down here!” I am with my daughter on a bench in Chick-fil-a’s play area, our more-than-once-a-week hangout, and…