Every year my daughter and I go to a picnic hosted by the social worker who helped my daughter and I find each other. Its a big gathering with lots of families. And there are, naturally, lots of kids.
We’ve been to this picnic 3 years in a row. The first year we went, Rada was still in her [...]
Last weekend Rada and her friend Kayla had their long-awaited sleepover. While Kayla’s mom Kathy enjoyed some grown-up time, Kayla, Rada and I mixed it up at home.
It was the third or fourth time the girls had gotten together without the presence of both moms and the dynamics were interesting. During the transition phase, before Kathy left, the kids [...]
It had become more and more difficult to shift my car’s gear into park. On Sunday, I struggled against several bumps and pops before it reluctantly slid into place. Finally, the reality bubbled up through layers of denial: your car is about to breakdown, take care of it sooner rather than later.
So I left the car [...]
I had thought I could finesse it: that it would be possible to escape certain embarrassments, but no…
This morning, my daughter and I were trying to get our things together and out the door. She was looking for the ‘chosen animal’ , the one which would accompany her to daycare. I was finishing up packing the [...]