Category: Motherhood

Saturday Morning At 8:22am

Took the kids to the movies last night. The 21-year old and the 19-year old both wanted to see Up. Luckily I did too. I

Saturday Morning at 7:19am

I am at my mother’s house in Santa Barbara. On my step-father’s computer. Sitting at his desk. It’s a Swedish antique with a shredding leather

Sitting in Princeton

Sitting in the Yankee Doodle Tap Room of the Nassau Inn in Princeton waiting to have breakfast with my daughter. Kind of says it all,

Saturday Morning at 10:10am

My children are growing and grown. No chubbiness anywhere in the vicinity. Everyone is in control of their own hair and the clothes on their

Saturday Morning at 9:59am

My daughter graduates from college on Tuesday. I fly to Princeton tomorrow. I am proud of her. But I will be no more proud of

Saturday Morning at 9:59am

My boy child gets on an airplane and flies to Belgium today. He is visiting my best friend. I hate airplanes. I am always a

Saturday Morning at 9:00am

I’m not one to trust reports of trends. I get deeply annoyed when people say things like, “It’s been rainier than usual this spring,” after

Childrearing. Neither High Nor Low

My parents both grew up raised by people on a salary. I hesitate to say servants. My mother had what they called a nurse, my