A few months ago I decided that for the first time I would run a March break Art camp. For years I have been asked to and always have taken the break from my work to be with my children. This year one is at Uni and one is in Buenos Aires. What is wrong with this picture? I am in my … [Read more...]
the difference between devastation and disappointment
Once upon a time I had a high school job in a very high end store where which purse with which shoes were of critical importance. One day a shipment arrived completely messed up - the manager was screaming "this is a tragedy". I looked at him like he was nuts. Sure this was simple semantics … [Read more...]
Rainbows In the Rain
It's sounds like such a spoiled-rotten, first-world thing to say, but coming back from a holiday is hard.I am happy to be home, happy to see our kids and our friends, but I am tired and, as anticipated, having a tough time getting back into the groove of life. A girl can get used to lounging on the … [Read more...]
Where There’s (Not) a Will
We don't have a will.There, I said it.Chalk it up to denial about my own mortality, fear of thinking of the horrible possibility of my and my husband's death and leaving our kids orphaned, or plain old laziness and not wanting to act like a grown-up. But my only New Year's resolution this year … [Read more...]
Mama cook egg.
What would his first three words be? What three words would he string together in the pillars of a sentance. Ok I know I was a bit spoiled with Roman's first word being "Mama"and his second being "I love" but come on, he totally set me up for "I love you" or "I love Mama" being … [Read more...]
Leap Year
Somewhere along the way I became a spectator. I think it happened when my belly began to swell with a baby for the first time. "Oh, I can't go skiing. I'm pregnant."Then, "No thanks, I'll pass on the wake-boarding; I've got to feed the baby."And, "I'll just sit here and rest while you … [Read more...]
Stop and Smell the Tomatoes
Someone has hit the fast-forward button on my days. I blinked and Brinley turned two. Then I blinked again and Avelyn started first grade. Then I blinked again and Karenna had her first day of Junior Kindergarten. And I blinked again and the summer was gone and fall has arrived and I am just feeling … [Read more...]
Children in a messed up world
When I was pregnant with the twins I received so many unwelcome stares and comments it was seriously messed up. I actually had one friend ask me how I could bring not just one but two children into this lousy messed world when I had already been blessed with six children, two with whom have special … [Read more...]
Summer Is Here! And So Are Some Random Thoughts of Mine!
I cleaned my van, you guys. To reward myself I ate a coconut creme tart the size of my face and now I feel bloated. But I am bloated with accomplishment. It was my eldest daughter's last day of Kindergarten today. Let the summer holidays commence! I will be working all summer, which will be new … [Read more...]
Looking At Your Life
The other night, Ava Scarlett kept coming into the kitchen holding up photos in her hands, asking me who's this? and where was this? and is this Oliver or me? and was I borned yet? She must have come to see me about a dozen times before I finally followed her back to the TV room, whereupon I found … [Read more...]