It’s Monday. It’s really Monday. So the Complaint Department is open for business again. Here. Now. And then I have to get on with sorting out the umpteen messes of the past few hours and the weekend. How about you? Kids, by any other name, would smell as sweet Okay. Maybe it’s roses. Maybe it’s […]
Can We Ever “Set the Record Straight?”
Those who provide the comforting advice that “one day, your kids will know what you gave up for them” are well-intentioned, and even kind. What parent doesn’t want to believe that appreciation will come for all our efforts, at some point in the future? But I question the premise, the concept of eventual “justice” when […]
The other side of town
I was not where I wanted to be. In the car, weary, and heading across the city. At rush hour. My son was next to me in the passenger seat, navigating by two maps printed off Google; we were trying an alternate route to avoid tie-ups, but some were inevitable. I was leaning against a […]
Taxing
Yes, it’s that time of year. Dammit. Pulling papers together. Searching through piles for receipts. Shuffling through forms and instructions to take care of taxes. Funny that we say things are “taxing” when they are endlessly wearying. As language usage, is that the chicken or the egg? Tax season When tax season rolls around, I […]
Failure to Thrive
Failure to thrive, in its varied interpretations.
Must Everyone Be a “Leader” to Succeed?
Challenging “traditional” leadership notions.
Stress Busting Parenting Tips: Grand Central, Empty Fridge, Locked Door, More Coffee
Parenting teens? Parenting tips…
What are you worth?
Do you know what you’re worth? How do you ascertain your value – as a worker, a creative, a woman, a man, a spouse, a parent? As a member of society? I’ll state this up front. This isn’t the usual morning musing. But hang in. It may be useful. What is your job worth? In […]
Middle-aged Woman Found Pinned by Latvian Teen
Just in. (9:18 Eastern, 3/2/10). Weird News reports that a diminutive middle-aged woman, name withheld by authorities, was found pinned by a Latvian teen, slumped over on patio furniture behind a small suburban home in a sleepy southern city. Apparently, following a late-night rock fest, nosy neighbors called the police. The two were discovered lying […]
Kids say the darndest things!
Kids will be kids Care to go for a truism to start your day? In the name of world peace and global inter-connectivity? Then start with kids. And in that light, here’s my oh-so-self-evident observation, based upon 36 hours of hosting a teenager from Latvia in our hybrid little American homestead. The bad news is: […]