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in praise of irresponsibility
My mom and I were talking on the phone the other night. I am considering moving in with her and my dad now that my brother and soon to be sister in law have bought a house. In some ways it would be a lot easier while I… -
coming down the road
Yesterday I teared up as I handed Weed over to her dad. I remember what it was like in those first nights after I moved out. How I furiously painted the apartment walls to avoid crying. Then I started running to get a… -
fart jokes
Today in the car, Weed blurted out in her best William Shatner impression, "Nurse Molly, I have a terrible secret. I don't know what cancer is." I almost peed myself. True, she named our cat after a member of Monty Py… -
school pictures
Today is school picture day for Weed. The last two years have been school picture nightmares. In first grade they hired a photographer who didn't know how to use a fill light. Last year her photos made her look like a… -
one more thing
Waking up at ten, alone, after destroying a long friendship in the crucible of drink and rainy desire, should make for a sad day but then my baby comes home and we go to the Public Market. She always gets a strawberry c… -
screaming in the hall
At three o'clock I realized that it would be a good thing to leave the house today. I am blue because the car got a flat tire that cannot be plugged and that means the tiny bit of savings I had left is gone. It is all … -
broken heart
Last week Weed and I had to go to a different beach because the water in ours was toxic sludge. Considering how much time we spent there the week before, we should be getting our mutant super powers any day now. So whi… -
Potential
Sometimes I feel angry with myself for not "living up to my potential". This is brought on these days by my considering a Masters in Education rather than a PhD. I don't think that "those who can do and those who can't… -
Returned
I picked up Weed and her dad at the airport this afternoon. As I was pulling into the loading zone I saw them scuttle across the access road and my Weed girl, she was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen, purple fr… -
if my writing process gets any slower they will have to call a coroner
I've never dated anyone who goes to church before. I am thinking this, wrapping for my first customer of the day—a gentle old woman who went to the five am mass so that she could get her Christmas shopping done today. S…
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