Writing the good read
In what will probably be one of the shortest blog posts I ever do, let me first introduce today’s topic for the NAIEW Words Matter Blog Challenge: Words can be mangled, misused, or misunderstood. What is your funniest example of mangling, misuse, or misunderstanding? My funniest example of mangling words comes from the mouth of…
I saw the movie Babies today. It’s a lovely film that looks at the first year or so of life of four babies, one born in Mongolia, one in Namibia, one in Japan, and one in San Francisco. That movie taught me a few things. Some may seem obvious, particularly to someone who has been…
Some days, I don’t know how to be a good parent. I have a nearly 13-year-old boy, on the verge of puberty, who already has surges of testosterone that make him difficult and mouthy and mean in a way that my sweet boy of yore never was before. And this boy is autistic. He has…
Here is a list of all the things I do that make me mean: 1. I don’t buy white bread and if a sandwich is purchased in my presence, it’s gonna be on something whole grain. 2. We only have dessert once a week, on Friday nights. Birthdays, holidays, and times when there are guests…