The Reluctant Grownup – Page 155 – Growing old gracelessly.

Farewell

He’s gone. I’m flying out to Louisville for the funeral Thursday. Sigh. Such a cheerful, unique personality. As a friend put it, cancer bites. God bless you…

January 31, 2006

Holidays and Celebrations, Like a Horse and Carriage

Wedding Day – Very Long – Please Forgive!

I woke early on Saturday, October 21st, and lay blinking into the darkness in my small room. I had set the alarm but didn’t need it. I wandered around the…

November 26, 2006

Categorizing Things is Overrated

Thursday's Dream

I was attending a New Hire Orientation for a new job. I had worn what I thought was a beautiful blouse patterned with young old-fashioned ladies holding large flowers, but…

February 29, 2008

Vitriol

RG / January 9, 2011

I hope the Arizona shooting provides us with the opportunity to take it all down a notch and begin agreeably disagreeing. I’m not super hopeful, because it depends partly on a lot of…

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I Don’t Know How You Pronounce It But This Park is Awesome

RG / January 8, 2011

Some days, we do manage perfection, at least for moments at a time. We took a drive to the North Shore so that The Professor could attend a meeting. The kids and I…

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Santa Presents Coda – Subtitled, What a Non-Issue!

RG / January 7, 2011

OK, so the Santa presents things was, and will likely remain, a total non-issue. In practice, it was such a minor difference, that my husband’s and my argument seems nonsensical. At the heart…

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Another Resolution!

RG / January 4, 2011

I can’t believe I forgot this one! Also fun – 8. I resolve to work on my “look.” I got makeup this year for Christmas, and I’m going to use it. I’ve never…

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2011 – Planning Ahead

RG / January 1, 2011

I like making goals for self-improvement, and now’s as good a time as any, so here I go. 1. I resolve not to have a baby or get pregnant in 2011. This will…

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