Archive for December, 2009

More Like Black as MY Soul

Published Date: December 17th, 2009
Category: Weekly Thought

 
So G’s new favorite song is Nine Inch Nails (NIN) “Head Like a Hole.”
 
I can pretend that it’s not my fault, but it is.
 
What can I say, it was one of those days when I was feeling old, G was whining in the backseat, it was cold outside and dark already by 4 pm. [...]

Book Fair Ladies will Run this Town (Someday)…

Published Date: December 11th, 2009
Category: Weekly Thought

 
As I was walking down the hallway at G’s school yesterday I heard a child yell out,
 
“Hey book fair lady!”
 
And all I could think of is, “book fair lady? Where? I like book fairs. I want to go to a book fair.”
 
But then it hit me:
 
I WAS the book fair lady.
 
I had volunteered at G’s [...]

Romeo in Blue Jeans

Published Date: December 3rd, 2009
Category: Weekly Thought

 
Turns out my son is a little Lothario. At age 4.
 
It took me a while to figure this out. At first, when I picked him up or dropped him off at preschool, a little girl would give him a hug.
 
So cute.
 
And then the next day, it might be a hug and a kiss.
 
How sweet.
 
But then [...]