In full disclosure, I’m not sure whether or not Jane Goodall has ever explicitly provided parenting advice. However, her remarks during a recent talk at a high school here in Alexandria suggest that she feels she was well parented and that that had something to do with what she was…
Peanuts
I have a problem. A situation. There is a child in my daughter’s class who has a severe peanut allergy. I’m not sure which child it is, but we have been told it is a serious problem and there are no nuts in the classroom. Got it, understand, I can…
In which a snow day makes a mockery of my one resolution for 2015
I have spent a fair amount of time thinking about some actionable goals with “well formed outcomes” to work towards in 2015. New year, new you and all of that. I have three in my mind that are still pretty amorphous – 1) write something, 2) earn some amount of…
2014 In Review: The Year of Hans
Author’s Note: I had intended to post the following blog just before Christmas. This was before I, along with my husband, sister, mom, dad, aunt, cousin, and probably hundreds of innocent patrons of Cracker Barrels along I-81 contracted the dread vomits mentioned in my previous post. Rather than updating it…
The first day of the rest of my life
Monday was my last day at my job. Gone are the office, the company laptop, the work email, the pending discussions and decisions and negotiations and frustrations. No more office gossip. I went to sleep Monday night, exhausted, but happy and hopeful and feeling that there might just be possibilities…
Walk of Shame
Yesterday I attended my fourth (I believe, but who can keep count?) Blue Mercury holiday ‘party’. In case you are lucky enough to not know, Blue Mercury is a retail store that carries a variety of high-end beauty brands: La Mer, Trish, Laura Mercier (something about writing this particular list,…
Another potty blog
50% of the time we live like fugitives around here. This is what occurs to me this morning as I’m tiptoeing down the stairs, carrying my toddler who is (fyi) sitting on my lap while I’m typing this blog. I’m halfway down the stairs, praying he won’t make a sound,…
Parenting principle #1: The poop ratio
As a relatively new mom, I find myself constantly uncertain. Perpetually questioning. So when I come up with a hard and fast principle to guide me in parental decision-making, that’s a good day. This has been a good day. My daughter came home from preschool yesterday pretty fussy (not atypical)…