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“The best things in life are unexpected – because there were no expectations.” Eli Khamarov When I drop Pip off at Daisytree pre-school two mornings a week, it provides Fig and I with a two-hour chunk of one-on-one time. During the week-long Spring Break, Fig demonstrated a few negative, […] “Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.” Kahlil Gibran Over the last month, it seems as though Fig has become more attached to me than usual. She’s sleeping through the night now and I’m down to only two breast-feeds […] “The moment you say ‘I know everything’ is the end of your growth.” Sharon Lee
“Pip, you need to put some clothes on,” is a phrase I find myself uttering, not just in the morning, but several times a day. My daughter simply […] “Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.” – Hamilton Wright Mabi Now that I have an opportunity to write, I’m realizing that I really missed my daily postings last week! It reminds me of when I moved away from home to go to the […] “We all love animals. Why do we call some ‘pets’ and others ‘dinner?’” k.d. lang I’m a pescatarian, which is basically a vegetarian who eats seafood. Ever since I was a child, I was bothered by the sight of meat on my plate, but I couldn’t articulate my feelings. I […] “Everyone eats and drinks, yet few appreciate food.” Confucious Big Daddy-O was away and the girls and I had to run an errand in the late afternoon. It took longer than I had anticipated, so at 5:20 pm I decided to pick-up Chinese food for dinner instead of cooking at home. […] “A three-year-old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm.” Bill Vaughn When Fig is too quiet, it usually means trouble. I was in Pip’s bedroom, assisting with her fifteenth costume-change […] “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.” Albert Einstein After boiling some pasta for the girls at lunch time, I was telling Pip that the pot was very hot and she shouldn’t go near it. For some idiotic reason unbeknownst to me, […] “In the final analysis it is not what you do for your children but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will make them successful human beings.” — Ann Landers Pip wanted to play with her cousin last week and I explained that she was having a sleep-over at Grandma […] “Language… has created the word “loneliness” to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word “solitude” to express the glory of being alone.” Paul Johannes Tillich, The Eternal Now Pip and I were snuggling together in bed one morning while Big-Daddy-O and Fig were getting a […] |
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