I love the idea of Songlines. The original book was written by Bruce Chatwin but I tend to fall in line with Jimmy Buffett’s camp with his definition in the quote above. For those of you new to this blog, you probably think I’m going to launch into a list for the soundtrack of my … Continue reading »
Lately I feel like I’m living in a Jimmy Buffett song when I talk to my son Jake. The conversations usually go something like this: Me: Why did you slide into that pile of pillows when I told you not to baseball in the house? Jake: I don’t know. Me: How do you not hear … Continue reading »
Most of my regular readers know by now that I can’t cook. For all you of you folks who recently hit that subscribe button, there’s this post HERE, and then there was this one HERE and … yeah, there was that one HERE. Feel free to click on the links to get yourself caught up … Continue reading »
The other day my son Jake tells me this story about something that happened in school. It was the time of day where they study science and since this is one of Jake’s favorite subjects, he was actually paying attention and not messing around. Jake explains that they’re learning about different matter, meaning in Jake-talk … Continue reading »
I miss our first conversations about life, And what you want to grow up to be. Things are changing since I’m the Mommy who’s mean And you’re a 9 year-old boy going on 16. I don’t miss the crying, whining or throwing yourself on the ground, But I miss those first discoveries The first touch, … Continue reading »
See that picture up there? That was my view this past Friday night. I was traveling down I-95 to see Boyfriend Ben for the weekend – he lives in South Florida and I’m up in Central Florida. I was making good time and suddenly, we slowed to a crawl. And then we stopped. A few … Continue reading »
Those words have never run so true than last Friday night. You know how you think about doing something, going somewhere or meeting someone? You tell people and they shake their heads and tell you why it can’t happen. But you plug away knowing that each action leads to another and another to get you … Continue reading »
I’m still not sure why my son Jake complains so much about doing his writing homework. I’m starting to think he’s putting on a show for me and deep down, he really likes writing stories. I can always tell when he’s excited about something he’s written because he not only tells me about WHAT he’s … Continue reading »
As the mother of a 9 year-old boy, I’ve stopped being surprised at the things that come out of his mouth. Most of the times I just laugh to myself .But there are moments when my son Jake comes up with something that is so profound, I have to write them down. Today’s Sunday Funnys … Continue reading »
Anyone who has spent enough time with me knows that I have a bad habit of getting lost. Whenever I go to a meeting in a new place, I try to factor in at least 15 – 20 minutes extra to cover the time I’ll need to drive around in circles trying to find where … Continue reading »
