I finally saw the movie Waiting for Superman a couple weeks ago. If you have anything to do with education or any interest in education (and, now that I think about it, particularly if you don’t) — you need to see it. The guy who made An Inconvenient Truth is trying to do for education what he did […]
I’ve been such a downer lately, I thought I’d share some good news. Nothing major — and goodness knows tonight everything could go to hell in a homework handbasket — so I’ll tell you this now. Sophie had a spelling break-thru (is that how you spell that?) last night. At least, it felt like that. We […]
Today I bought Sophie her first ballet slippers. Not really the first, she’s had several pairs — but all hand-me-downs from Annabelle. Today Sophie and I went to the dance store together, marched in past the aerobics knits and tutus and back to the shoe department, where a nice young woman perched Sophie on a […]
I’ve been thinking about Megan a lot, lately. I don’t know much about her — only that she has Down syndrome, and she went to our elementary school for a while several years ago. I’m not even sure I’ve ever seen her, although for some reason I have a clear picture in my mind of […]
About 40 minutes into Sophie’s hour-long ballet class this past Monday, the classroom door opened and I heard the teacher’s voice. “Amy!” she called loudly, her voice carrying over the heads of a dozen or so parents standing in the narrow hallway. “Sophie’s done for today.” I jumped up from my seat. Sophie stood in […]
Work anywhere for almost 18 years and — for better or worse — your co-workers start to feel like family. (And I’m not just talking about my husband, though I am lucky enough to work with him, too.) Our particularly motley crew gussied up and traipsed out to the far west corner of metropolitan Phoenix […]
I love the new Sesame Street song! In case you haven’t caught it, I’ve posted it here. It gave me a reason to crank up the way-back machine and dig up a piece I wrote when Sophie and Annabelle were much younger. Today, their hair isn’t all that different. (Isn’t that interesting?! Actually not so […]
A thought occurred to me yesterday — somewhere between Portland and Phoenix — and I haven’t been able to shake it. Sophie’s more demanding, but Annabelle’s got higher expectations. That may not be the most P.C. of statements, and it may not be true forever, but for now I think I’m going to have to stand […]
“Sophie Day” peaked — then plummeted — when we arrived at the mall late this afternoon. We entered through Anthropologie, which happens to be a personal favorite of mine, and which is conveniently located near Lush, our ultimate bath bomb-destination. Sophie found the one item actually not for sale in the home furnishings/clothing/accessories mecca: an […]
Annabelle and I are hitting the road. This week is our Fall Break and on Thursday, Annabelle and I leave for a four-day trip to Portland. Alone. Annabelle and Ray have been away alone together several times — on a Brownie camping trip, and skiing at least once or twice. So I decided it was […]
