The Reluctant Grownup – Page 163 – Growing old gracelessly.

I Did Say Last Day of Freedom . . .

. . . and I wasn’t lying. Just a quick update so every one knows I’m still alive. I have been busy with a capital B. We’ve decided we…

March 18, 2006

Categorizing Things is Overrated, Sometimes I Get Hepped Up and Think I Know a Thing or Two

Parent-Bashing in the Wake of Tragedy

A letter written after a terrible shooting: Dear people in my facebook feed whose first inclination, after hearing about the Colorado movie theater shooting, was to bash the parents who…

July 20, 2012

Tuesday with Cake

I am thirty one years old today. I share this birthday with little Max, a friend-of-a-friend’s baby who was born this morning at 5:30 am, and whose delivery stats I…

September 1, 2009

Listless

RG / October 26, 2010

It’s just one of those days, those days where I have a million things to do but can’t settle on which so I wander around the house wondering if I should train for…

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Bossy

RG / October 24, 2010

Just a short one to document how bossy you’ve gotten lately. As your language gets better and better and you are more able to communicate what you want, you’ve started demanding a lot…

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Cereal!

RG / October 24, 2010

Maybe a week ago you rolled over for the first time. But a couple of days ago, you began rolling over constantly. It’s almost not under your control – we put you down…

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A Letter to a Young Bride on the Event of Her Engagement

RG / October 23, 2010

In this picturesque corner of Central Park, an earnest young man made my sister the happiest of women. The subterfuge and sneaky underhanded dealings required to get my sister to New York City,…

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On Happiness

RG / October 20, 2010

Lawyerish is writing a lot about happiness these days. After a lovely six month maternity leave of which I am uber jealous, she went back to work (as a lawyer, in case her…

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