Daisy | November 30, 2010
Today I’m feeling a little less thinky, and figured I would just share this fun morning exchange I had with my dear son as we approached his preschool door. It is nothing earth-shattering or new, but it’s almost certainly relatable for most all of you. Me: ”Mutter-grumble. I think Daddy must still have the key [...]
Daisy | November 29, 2010
I’ve been thinking about the theme here at Too, Too Mama lately. I’ve got a trusted reader who points out portions of posts that strike this reader as “too judgy” — the concern being that judgment is the opposite of my blogging theme. I believe there is a fine but important line between “opinionated” (which [...]
Daisy | November 26, 2010
I know I just said in my last post that I shied away from the gratitude theme generally, but when I ran across this quote it seemed timely. After all, our children, our stinky, yelly, cranky, needy children, are indeed treasures. “We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts [...]
Daisy | November 24, 2010
It is Thanksgiving tomorrow, and I’m not really in the mood to write about gratitude. It’s not that I’m not grateful for things — I am. I just don’t like what gratitude has come to mean, particularly in the context of teaching our kids. More often than not, gratitude seems to boil down to one [...]
Daisy | November 22, 2010
Turning the corner from fall toward winter has been my least happy, least functional time of year (when on the East Coast at least) for as long as I can remember. There are bonuses to this time of year, of course, like the holidays, and the clothes. Although I am less enamored by the loveliness [...]
