It was July 2008. We were young and wild. We stayed past semester end to travel the Adriatic coast, the world our oyster. We debated a tattoo to consecrate the summer that was slipping away. We wandered down the river in Vienna one evening and, quite literally, stumbled into a music festival. "Leben jetzt und… Continue reading Leben jetzt und hier
Category: Motherhood
These are a few of my favorite things…
In continuing with my amazingly boring, mundane experience I have been cleaning out my kids rooms. After a full summer, then a full Philadelphia, I haven’t been alone in my house since May. And for any moms out there- you know the gold of being alone in your own house. For me, it’s the cleaning… Continue reading These are a few of my favorite things…
Currently: October
Please enjoy this break in dreary cancer content while I review the most *basic* fall month on record. Praise be that I have almost nothing to report, except my out of proportion joy at the simple things we have been occupying ourselves with lately. To begin with, my front porch. Can you even? I am… Continue reading Currently: October
An end of the year “thank-you” note.
This spring I heard a great idea for end of the year teacher gifts. Instead of gifting a coffee gift card or candle, write a letter to the Superintendent and/or principal detailing your gratitude for the teacher. I thought this was just beautiful, but as I brainstormed what I would say about our teachers, I… Continue reading An end of the year “thank-you” note.
A new nanny and a week of illness.
I have locked myself in my room. I have one million things to do and by "one million," I mean to say that I have four things that I actually need to do, and 999,996 other things that feel like a great way to occupy myself while I run around my house screaming, "I have… Continue reading A new nanny and a week of illness.
Philly Magic Gardens
Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens (PMG) is an immersive mixed media art environment, a space that is completely covered with mosaics. It was created by artist Isaiah Zagar who used handmade tiles, bottles, bicycle wheels, mirror, and international folk art. He used these medias to chronicle his life. The space grew slowly from the onset. First as… Continue reading Philly Magic Gardens
A List of Gratitude and a Loathe of Grub Hub
I just spent 128 minutes on the customer service chat feature of the Grub Hub app trying to figure out why Joshua can't access my account from his phone. I wouldn't consider myself a technological wizard by any means, but I can generally comprehend the basic workings of a website/app and thus the 128 minutes… Continue reading A List of Gratitude and a Loathe of Grub Hub
Pray for Boulder.
I opened up my computer an hour ago to type up an update on things here and have been swimming since in updates on the mass shooting in Boulder, CO yesterday. It hits close. In 7th grade I started going to a new middle school right behind the King Soopers, good ole' Southern Hills. Being… Continue reading Pray for Boulder.
Dear Beau, on the day of your last L.P.
Dear Beau, When you were diagnosed, one of my biggest worries, for us both, was your fear of needles. You had so much fear over them that even the most simple blood draw would require many adults holding your body against your will. Actually, I recall a moment early-on, one of the first times we… Continue reading Dear Beau, on the day of your last L.P.
Eshet Chayil! in ink.
February 2019 ✨Eshet Chayil!✨ a Hebrew phrase meaning Woman of Valor. February 2019 . In 2011 I joined a small group with the hope that I could endure the awkward small talk and perhaps make a friend. What I ended up with was entry into a 90’s ‘sisterhood’, what the hipsters now-a-day call ‘my tribe.’… Continue reading Eshet Chayil! in ink.
The Heavy Wait 