Preschool Days
There are many, many things I love about Ian’s preschool. One is that teachers take time to document daily activities, then we get the pleasure of peeking inside their world.
Parenthood
Four.
I realized yesterday that for the rest of my life I will have the same answer to the following question: What are you doing for New Year’s Day? I’m celebrating my son’s birthday. I never had any affinity for this holiday. (Don’t have much affinity for any holidays, really, saving Thanksgiving and Christmas, and those […]Read Post ›
Deconstructing Christmas
My wise, wise parenting mentor told me that to expect anything other than disaster during the holidays with small children is setting myself up for major frustration. Those words echoed in my ears all long Thanksgiving weekend long and was incredibly reassuring. It’s smart to set the bar low. Way low. There was actually a […]Read Post ›
Rocking Stars
That’s what Ian calls it. Ian and Bodhi. Friends for almost four years! I will be forever grateful for the room I saw Bodhi’s mom in, nine months pregnant (I was seven months). We literally crossed the room to each other and basically said, “Let’s be friends.” Bodhi’s moms are some of my dearest, closest […]Read Post ›
On My Dad’s Birthday.
My filmmaker husband makes this tired blogger so very happy. We just spent a largely idyllic week in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and he captured it all for my dad’s birthday. There are no words that can capture it better.
Mandy Unruh 