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Raising Our Daughters

September 27, 2015

#CedarPoint #HalloWeekends

Cedar Point is America's Roller Coast. Dorky, but true! For each of the past 22 years, I've spent an August day there with approximately 40,000 of my fellow citizens. Since my in-laws live in Sandusky, Ohio, Cedar Point is part of the magic of our Annual Family Reunion. This year I was lucky … [Read more...] about #CedarPoint #HalloWeekends

Raising Our Daughters Cedar Point,  HalloWeekends,  Halloween

February 21, 2013

Fruitful Conversation

This evening I was in the grocery store parking lot, and watched a girl, about nine years old, and her mom, approach their car. Each of them had full plastic bags hanging from their wrists. The girl was talking very fast, very urgently, and the mom was listening intently. Every now and then the … [Read more...] about Fruitful Conversation

Raising Our Daughters communicating with a daughter,  laughter,  listening to a daughter

May 16, 2012

Emerson Commencement Address by David Gregory

Our daughter graduated from Emerson College in Boston on Monday, May 14, 2012. The ceremony was held in the Broadway-style Wang Theater and the reception afterward was in tents on the Boston Common under cloudy skies. The graduation speaker was David Gregory, moderator of Meet the Press. He did a … [Read more...] about Emerson Commencement Address by David Gregory

Raising Our Daughters Boston,  David Gregory commencement speaker,  Emerson College commencement

May 9, 2012

Improvising in the Kitchen

My family teases me that I am unable to follow a recipe exactly. To me, a recipe is a suggestion, kind of like driving directions. Actually, I follow Googlemap directions much more closely than I follow recipes! Before I begin cooking I like to remind myself of the rules of improvisation: Say … [Read more...] about Improvising in the Kitchen

Raising Our Daughters cooking while using improvisational techniques,  do you follow recipes exactly

April 15, 2011

Friday Five: Birthdays

Jan, over at RevGalBlogPals posted this Friday Five about birthdays: 1. What are your feelings about celebrating birthdays, especially your own? I enjoy being "the birthday girl." Our celebrations are very low-key, but I enjoy marking the milestone. Gifts don't matter much to me, they are always a … [Read more...] about Friday Five: Birthdays

Raising Our Daughters birthday celebrations with shaped cakes,  Friday Five,  RevGalsBlogPals

April 11, 2011

A Snapping Turtle in Suburbia!

Today was the first very very warm spring day, so warm you realize that spring wll be over soon. As my husband and I were returning from the gym this evening, we noticed a lot of people standing in the middle of our street, around a large black lump that looked like somebody's overcoat. "Turtle!" … [Read more...] about A Snapping Turtle in Suburbia!

Raising Our Daughters snapping turtles are turtles too,  snapping turtles have a hard time in suburbia,  we love turtles

November 28, 2009

Company in My Study: a pair of red-eared sliders

I have company in my study: a pair of red-eared sliders. These are semi-aquatic turtles that are quite green except for red stripes that extend back from their eyes. Right now they're between 2 and 3 inches long. Our daughter saw them at a shop in Chinatown in Boston, near her campus and was … [Read more...] about Company in My Study: a pair of red-eared sliders

Raising Our Daughters why I have a pair of red-eared sliders

August 9, 2009

Our 25th Wedding Anniversary: Love is a Work-in-Progress

Vacation: began with the spontaneous decision to take in a Broadway production of MARY POPPINS (marquee noticed at 7:16, show began at 7:30) continued with a pilgrimage to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, where love is in the air (and reverberates blissfully in the ear drums) then spanned … [Read more...] about Our 25th Wedding Anniversary: Love is a Work-in-Progress

Raising Our Daughters Cleveland vacation,  married 25 years,  Mary Poppins on stage,  our 25th wedding anniversary

May 22, 2009

A Prayer for a Daughter Who Is Studying Abroad

On Sunday our daughter is leaving on a 3-week study trip to India. ?What an adventure she'll have! ?Her subject is Peace & Conflict Studies, and the location is mainly centered around Pondicherry, in southern India. We are so grateful she can make this trip, as we greatly prize the experience of … [Read more...] about A Prayer for a Daughter Who Is Studying Abroad

Raising Our Daughters a daughter heading to India for 3 weeks,  prayer for a college student traveling,  praying for a daughter who will be traveling

May 18, 2009

Ruminations on Parenting which never ends

The last couple of weeks have been all about our daughters. ?I mention this in case you happen to be the parent of younger children and believe that in the future your life will be "yours" again. ?I can't say that such a thing never happens, of course. I am not dead yet, so parenting is an ongoing … [Read more...] about Ruminations on Parenting which never ends

Raising Our Daughters raising children never ends,  raising daughters

December 18, 2008

The Light Is Honeyed

A pantoum is a form poem where the second and fourth lines of each stanza become the first and third lines of the next stanza, creating an interlock that puzzles me. ?I wrote this on the eve of my 51st birthday, remembering Thanksgiving Day when we took a family nap. The light is honeyed, sparked … [Read more...] about The Light Is Honeyed

Raising Our Daughters

November 29, 2008

Still: Life Is Sacred, post-Thanksgiving Thoughts

Sometime after Thanksgiving dinner, tired from eating and laughing, we all drifted into tryptophan-spiked naps. ?One daughter was warm on my left side, the other pillowed on my right, with Doug stretched out at our feet. Imagine your lapcat and multiply by a factor of seven, or maybe seven and … [Read more...] about Still: Life Is Sacred, post-Thanksgiving Thoughts

Raising Our Daughters gratitude,  ordinary life,  thanksgiving,  the post-turkey nap

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