I’m not sure when or how exactly I discovered Scary Mommy’s blog, but it was one of those a-ha moments. It just clicked. FINALLY, there was someone out there who wasn’t pretending motherhood was all rainbows and unicorns. Yet, at the same time, her fierce love for her children came shining through every post. I…
Books
Room: A Review
This month, our book club read “Room: A Novel” by Emma Donaghue. Here’s the book description from Amazon: To five-year-old-Jack, Room is the world. . . . It’s where he was born, it’s where he and his Ma eat and sleep and play and learn. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe,…
Papa Can You Hear Me?
First of all, many thanks to everyone for your kind comments in my previous post. The family gave Aunt Bobbie a send-off she would have loved. It was a day filled with funny stories and tributes to her life. So, thank you again. I ended up taking a longer-than-planned blogging hiatus because I’ve been buried…
Books Are a Bad Influence
When I picked up E. from school today, I had this lovely note waiting in her folder: Well, at least I got the hair back. At first, I didn’t get who the “someone” was. E’s school’s policy is that its teachers will not tell who the perpetrator is when it comes to things like biting,…
Read This Book!
I’ve read some OK books lately (“Gap Creek”), some very interesting books (“In the Garden of Beasts“) and some really good books (“The Forgotten Garden”) lately. But I’ve finally found a GREAT book. Ever since my self-imposed temporary Kindle ban, I’ve been hitting the library for new reading material. That usually means I have to…