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11 things I love about my 11-year-old

Posted in Africa, parenting, tagged on March 29, 2011 | 6 Comments »

“Our first child helps us to discover the depth of love. Our second, the breadth of it.” — Beth Wilson Saavedra, author In digging around to find this quote from Sawyer’s birth announcement, I also ran across his baby book. Not even a date of birth listed. Also found a journal. Nothing there either. I [...]

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We have a teenager in the house

Posted in parenting, tagged , , on June 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »

“Mother Nature is providential. She gives us twelve years to develop a love for our children before turning them into teenagers.” ~ William Galvin, Massachusetts’ Secretary of State Actually, he’s in Kentucky. For the first time since the day he was born, we won’t be with Noah on his birthday. I suspect we won’t even [...]

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Week 33: Happy Father’s Day and will somebody please turn off the heat?

Posted in dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged , , , on June 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

“By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.” — Charles Wadsworth, classical pianist And then, there were two. Noah left almost a week ago for a month. Clyde left today for a week. So it’s up to Sawyer and me to keep [...]

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Week 24: Meat week

Posted in family dinner, parenting, tagged , on April 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

“If we’re not supposed to eat animals, how come they’re made out of meat?” — Tom Snyder (American television personality from the ’70s and ’80s) We have crazy weeks ahead of us. This week, Noah’s gone. As he returns on Friday, Sawyer and Clyde leave. Monday, Clyde heads to Rhode Island. The next week, I’m [...]

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Week Six

Posted in dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged , , , , , , on December 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »

“I can still taste it.” — Noah, eyes closed, with the last Kahlua Kiss having just dissolved in his mouth Sunday night Five successful weeks — 35 days — of eating together every day. We’re totally into the groove. It’s really not that difficult most days. Here’s what this week looks like: Sunday: We had [...]

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