I’ve never paid close attention to the cafeteria-related notices at the boys’ school. Both of my kids bring their lunches every day, and that’s the way they like it. Lunch menus come home faithfully each week, only to be chucked
Category: Parenting
I’m hungry this month. Hungry for so much. I don’t know why I feel this way. Maybe it’s the fickle weather, the 60-degree days followed by freezing rain and sweaters. The lightness outside, dinners with sunlight coming in through the
In my experience, birthday parties are sort of like Legos. You think you’ll be able to control them, contain them, buck the trend and keep things modest. And then at some point you find yourself ankle-deep in tiny plastic pieces
In just 19 days, my kids go back to school — 1st and 3rd grades this year. I know some of my readers in other parts of the country are already back (and to you I say, SORRY, every year
Charleston. I said to my husband last night, or maybe it was the night before: “I’m feeling really sad about Charleston.” J.: “I know. Me, too.” Me: “I mean, especially because we went there. We’ve been there. We loved it.
My dear friend Laura has the coolest job in the world – she’s a book publicist. She’s also a fellow “sensory mom” and knows what we’ve been through with L.’s complex neurology. So when Laura messages me about a new
Not long after I began writing this blog, many moons ago during the last Ice Age and when I could still say confidently that I was closer to my 20s than I was to my (gulp) 40s, our older son
Today I had ample opportunity to think about the things that matter. Yesterday felt like The Day of Crap News About Feeding Families. There was the ongoing internet dust-up over whether home cooking and family dinner really are soul-sucking drudgery
It’s back-to-school season! I know some people around the country already have kids back in school; others are starting this week; and others, like my boys, will be going back in a couple of weeks’ time (major jealousy, by the