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Athletes

April 4, 2010 no manual for parenting

I don’t know where my oldest gets his athletic prowess. I guess we lucked out. He started gymnastics at our park district when he was three years old because I did not like the idea of sitting in the sun, the rain, or the cold for ball games. When he was seven, he was asked [...]

Tagged as: lessons from the field, my oldest, things kids say, what do you know?

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A glimpse of the future…

March 11, 2010 no manual for parenting

This one will be short. It just happened, and I want to make sure that I capture this moment… I worked from home today as I have been able to do when my co-worker travels since there would be nobody else in the office but me. As I was lamenting internally how much my job [...]

Tagged as: moments, my oldest, working while female

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Twelveteen Going on Thirty

March 10, 2010 no manual for parenting

The best description of what it is like to be a parent is a comment left by suesue on Merrilymarylee’s Weblog: Having a child was deciding to have your heart walking around outside your body forever . My oldest turned 12 this week. 12. That is a full Zodiac Cycle. I am sure it means [...]

Tagged as: bad mommy alert, facebook, happy birthday, my oldest, say what

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What I learned from the Olympics… Not what you think

February 27, 2010 no manual for parenting

We have been watching the Winter Olympics. I didn’t plan to. But what’s not to love really? Finally something on prime time that does not involve dead bodies, sexual predators, or its own mythologies. Naturally I gravitated towards Ice Dancing and Figure Skating. (No, I don’t really want to engage in a debate about how [...]

Tagged as: my oldest, say what, things kids say, things you don't think about until you are a parent, Winter Olympics

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Do you know what you are reading to your children?

February 26, 2010 no manual for parenting

Do you really know? I mean, really really? Do you know what you are reading them and how they are hearing what you are reading them?… I was browsing through the Costco “magazine” (what sadly passes as reading material for me nowadays) in bed when my oldest came to snuggle with sit by me. Not [...]

Tagged as: book, my oldest, my son the lawyer, things kids say

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Makeup

February 21, 2010 no manual for parenting

1. Reading the comments people left for my last post, praising me for recognizing and questioning the rigid gender rules, in addition to feeling thankful, I am actually embarrassed. Feeling a bit like a fraud. A hypocrite. In an ironic way, although I set out to remain anonymous so I can speak my mind on [...]

Tagged as: guilt is the trip mothers take often, how much is too much, my oldest, my youngest, trying to do the right thing

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Raising Boys

February 18, 2010 no manual for parenting

As much as I lament the lack of girl presence in my household, I know I am blessed to have my boys. They tug at my heart even though they bruise my sides sometimes when they roughhouse; They have no control over and are unaware of their own growing limbs. They are protective of their [...]

Tagged as: how much is too much, my oldest, my youngest, raising boys, trying to do the right thing

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How I relax

February 9, 2010 a picture is worth a thousand words

To all the people watching, I can never thank you enough for your kindness to me, and I’ll think about it for the rest of my life. All I ask of you is one thing: Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism: it’s my least favorite quality, and it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in [...]

Tagged as: imma crazy like that, my oldest, my unraveling, sarcastic bitches rock, vent, WTF Wednesday

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Trouble Maker? You talking to me?

January 21, 2010 no manual for parenting

Sometimes I wonder whether the teachers talk about the parents amongst themselves. I would probably be known as “Trouble Maker”. My favorite moment was when I confronted approached the principal at the Thanksgiving Feast: “Could I safely assume that the headpieces the children are wearing are ‘turkeys’ and not ‘head dresses’?” I used the quotation [...]

Tagged as: ability to be oblivious, imma crazy like that, my oldest, things kids say, trying to do the right thing

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Shoes

January 9, 2010 no manual for parenting

Self-denial. This post was supposed to be written last summer, but I got sidetracked. Or it could be that I simply did not want to deal with reality. Up till this summer, I still ordered shoes for my oldest from Lands’ End, BOYS department. I buy almost everything online not wanting to go shopping with [...]

Tagged as: my oldest, things you don't think about until you are a parent

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