We made a special trip to the library to pick out a read-aloud book together, and as we drove away my three year old asked from the back seat: “Can I hold Charlotte’s Website on the way home?” ———————- I was absorbed in reading a book today and that same three year old called out from the adjacent room, “Oh […]
Things I Know
I may not have the most glamorous job, but I am privy to information no one else on the planet is. Just a sampling: In a bucket of all different colors, brands, and thicknesses of crayons, each with varying amounts of paper still wrapped around, I know which crayon is Mackenzie’s favorite. It’s big, nakey and blue, and she’ll proudly […]
Came across this today
Song for a Fifth Child Mother, oh Mother, come shake out your cloth empty the dustpan, poison the moth, hang out the washing and butter the bread, sew on a button and make up a bed. Where is the mother whose house is so shocking? She’s up in the nursery, blissfully rocking. Oh, I’ve grown shiftless as Little Boy Blue […]