The Celiac Report, Week 2.5
We’ve been doing the celiac thing now for 2.5 weeks, and I
December 9, 2021
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We’ve been doing the celiac thing now for 2.5 weeks, and I
Saturday night, after taking our kids to church and nearly exploding with
“Mrs. Basi!” yells Kindergarten Carpool child, upon leaping into the van after
When I think about my kids, I often have to chuckle at
-1- The kids have been entranced by the Olympics lately. Michael calls
I have this parenting theory: It’s not that a child is too
It turns out that physical things don’t buy as much happiness as
When I first started writing, I had this vision of how it
I am the second of four girls who grew up in a
Stories about parenthood and family life are hysterical. Except when they’re hurtful.
Alex was nervous. Really nervous. But he was trying really hard not
When I finally got myself under control, I got control of my relationship with my strong-willed child too.
___1___ Wednesday night, we took the kids to a symphony concert. This
Let’s face it: My house is stuffed with Stuff. I am engaged
It started out so well. We’d had two days of solid-packed family
I’m teaching at a liturgical music camp this week, and yesterday afternoon
My baby, the child of my heart, turned seven this week. With
Twenty years later, I still cringe at the memory. Oh, let’s call
One of my blog friends has been doing a series of posts
“And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart.“
The thing I’ve always valued about breastfeeding is that it is a
Worry is a parent’s natural condition. especially a new mother. Even if
I think it happened because my dishwasher broke. It’s ridiculous, really, that
Sometimes Alex gets short shrift on this blog. At the moment, he’s
___1___ Alex brought home a sheet of paper this week from
Sometimes it’s easy to…not exactly forget, but to grow complacent in memory,
In the two weeks before Nicholas was born, I wrote a post
…I thought at first that I would just add another comment to
Once again, my baby is proving to me that sleeping through the
Hallelu–jah, Hallelu–jah, Hallelu–jah! In the early morning gloom, I sat in my
9/14/09 4:15 a.m., respiratory distress; 6:15, seal bark, but giggly. 3p.m., greater
It is now precisely twelve days, two hours and forty-five minutes until
It’s a truth I should have remembered from childhood: The fun in
There is an up side to being nearly blind. If I take
A few days ago, Christian called from work and said, “Guess what?
It’s odd that I don’t write much about music, considering that my
Attitude makes all the difference, but sometimes the simplest thing can change
Last week, while searching for new markets for my short story, I