February 23, 2009

Absolute truths

In one of my classes last week, we talked about the concept of universal truths--known also as absolute truths--and about the need human beings have for each other. An absolute truth, by the way, is an unalterable and permanent fact, and we all have different understandings of what absolute truths are in our own lives. In my class we talked about how humans need connections, and that it's impossible for a person to exist in isolation and flourish and survive.

February 19, 2009

That Place

I ran to the store for the third time in three days yesterday. I hate weeks like this week, when time constraints prevent us from making one big shopping run on the weekend, because I spend the week shopping in bits and spurts and spending too much money in the process, I'm sure--no, I know. The other day I joked with the cashier at Harris Teeter about a giveaway she was plugging--log onto the website and enter my name to win $1,000 in groceries.

"Wow," I said. "That won't buy much."

And she agreed, and we laughed, but it's really not funny, when you think about it.

July 9, 2008

The price of sanity: $6

We all know that MasterCard ad where they sum up the values of various things or events and then conclude that the intangible total is infinitely more priceless than each tallied part. Well, I felt like that yesterday, after forking out $4.00 for two snow cones, and $2.00 for parking and some preposterous amount for gas, I'm sure, so I could take the two housebound/tired/fussy/grouchy and bouncing-off-the-walls children to our local science museum while Scott headed off for a much needed tennis match. On the way to the front doors of the museum, L. and T.

May 19, 2008

Step right up and see the amazing parent contortionists!

On the way home from an adventure-filled morning that included stops at two fire stations, the botanical gardens, a bookstore and California Pizza Kitchen, K-Man decided it was a good time to take off his Crocs. “Daddy, I take my Crocs on,” he proclaimed proudly. (The whole “on vs. off” thing really confounds the little guy.) This was almost immediately followed by, “I want my Crocs!” I explained that I was driving and, since we were almost home, I’d get his shoes for him very soon. This wasn’t a satisfactory answer.
April 4, 2008

Man. It can be tough.

There’s no doubt about the fact that motherhood is an incredibly taxing experience. The level of “taxation” depends greatly on the mother and her wiring for the job. And there are other factors, like whether or not she was/continues to be a career woman, whether or not she always wanted to be a mother, and whether or not she has a solid support system around her. (Yes, I KNOW I’m completely oversimplifying this and leaving out a host of other elements – especially those related to medical/hormone issues, etc.