All I wanted was a fresh, sassy haircut. Not the sassy-pants visceral responses from my beloved children. I bravely chopped off my A-line bob, which I had been calling the “mom-bob”. I say bravely, because I am surrounded by women with long to very long locks of flowing, or wavy, or stick straight hair. But still long. I was blessed with very fine hair, and have had shorter hair most of my Continue Reading
Cigarette Girl
It was summer. 1979. I just finished 3rdgrade with a wonderful teacher, Mrs. Finefield. I was nine. I wore the Rainbow Shirt. You know that shirt that had the rainbow splashed from left arm, across the chest and onto the right arm? Super groovy. I was a child. And I smoked all summer long. (You can gasp now.) My mom was a smoker. She had been smoking for decades. She always had a carton Continue Reading
Tales from the Toilet
I am literally sitting in my bathroom. And yes, I do keep little notebooks EVERYWHERE for when “aha-writing-moments” appear. Which is often, but I don’t always stop long enough to jot it all down. But, I digress. I am in here not due to tummy catastrophe but because a tantruming child is outside the door. He or she (I won’t give it away) is pounding on the door and apparently did not read Continue Reading
The All-Together-ness of Summer
I survived the first week of summer break with a smile. Barely. Only 10 more weeks, but no one else in the Patay household is counting. But me, I admit. Deep breaths. Don’t get me wrong. I welcome the respite from homework, projects, meetings, volunteering, packing lunches, and staying on top of endless papers that come home. My in-basket is sooo happy to be less full. I have loved a week Continue Reading
A Curved Spine & A Curved Heart
Ryan has scoliosis, and I have another kind of OSIS. Ryan has had it since he was a baby. It’s a “C” curve to his left side. His OT and I noticed it as Ryan would lean to one side in his infant seat. Today, its not obvious to others unless in a bathing suit and swim shirt. You can see him lean and favor one side. And with his shirt off, well, it just makes me sad. He was first braced at a Continue Reading
Divine Appointments & Chili
Today’s post may not be full of a thousand words. But its packed chock full. Of heart. Of soul. Of spirit. Of joy. Of awe. Of humble appreciation. Of gratitude. Of humanity. What comes out of a simple invitation for hot chili on a cold winter day astounds me. A new family, new to us, and us, new to them, came over for lunch. The house was picked up. Bathroom cleaned. Table set. Flowers Continue Reading
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- Next Page »