“Talk to the animals.”
Rex Harrison, Dr. Doolittle
Do you remember Dr. Doolittle’s ‘Push-me Pull-you?’ I think it’s going to be my daughter’s new nick-name. You’d think that when Fig is feeling sick, all she’d want is a good snuggle with Mama. Nope. She wants contact, but not too much contact. She’s very [...]
“I’ll bet living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween.”
Author Unknown
Is there anything more sad than kids being sick for a holiday? I remember having the mumps as a kid one Christmas, but I don’t think I was ever ill on Hallowe’en.
Luckily, [...]
“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.”
“Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.”
Saint Teresa
Sometimes I marvel at the unlikely situations that fill me with pride. Nose-blowing for example.
Pip has maintained a fairly positive attitude despite her nasty cold. I feel as though I’ve been wiping her nose intermittently for the past two weeks, and I have [...]
“When kids play they remember, they may not be aware that they are learning, but they sure are aware that they are having fun.”
Rebecca Krook
I was inspired by my sister yesterday. (It’s not unusual, I’m frequently inspired by her!) She’s home-schooling my five-year-old niece as well as working part-time and mothering [...]
“I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worthwhile.”
George Bernard Shaw
Pip has caught a summer bug. No, it’s not a grasshopper in a jar, it’s a sore throat and a runny nose. We were supposed to attend a big family dinner this evening, but [...]