There are three things I hope to instill in my sons - a love of reading, an appreciation for food, and a show of manners. I believe I grew up with those same values through a combination of cultural osmosis, nature, and happenstance. I'm hoping to more actively demonstrate the … [Read more...] about Three Lessons I Want to Teach My Sons
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There Never Seems to be Enough Time…
When my babies were tiny, I used to spend hours gazing at their slumbering faces. Little nostrils flaring, breath setting a hypnotic beat, eyes twitching in dreamland, itty bitty fingers swatting away invisible itches on a scrunched up nose. Their little faces contorted this … [Read more...] about There Never Seems to be Enough Time…
Angelic – Wordless Wednesday
A Culture of Kindness
Kindness. Its other monikers might be Grace. Benevolence. Selflessness. Friendliness. Compassion. We teach Kindness to our children through lectures and rants and reactive examples that stem from plugging up a playdate gone bad. There are tomes about how to talk to … [Read more...] about A Culture of Kindness
Peace, Elizabeth Edwards.
The death of Elizabeth Edwards has unexpectedly shaken me. I have always liked her. The more I read about her the more I respected her. There was a time I wish she were running for office instead of John. The Edwards family lived not far from me when they lived in Raleigh. Every … [Read more...] about Peace, Elizabeth Edwards.
Lion Around at Biltmore House – Wordless Wednesday
We Have a Male Babysitter.
Are women predisposed to taking care of children? I never wanted to be a mother. Somehow the maternal gene was pinched between the shopping and corporate ladder climber genes that roughhoused all the others into submission. I didn't earn pocket money babysitting, nor did … [Read more...] about We Have a Male Babysitter.