Category: family

What Toilet-Training My Son Taught Me About Myself

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Published in BLUNTmom:.http://www.bluntmoms.com/what-toilet-training-my-son-taught-me-about-myself/

I knew raising a boy would be much different than raising our first-born daughter, but the travails of toilet-training really brought me to my knees. In the end, my inability to cope as a 40-year-old with the normal bathroom messes of a 6-year-old boy signaled that I was the real child in the room.

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My short essay “Strength Training: What Travel and Adventure Did For Our Family” published today by Great Moments in Parenting

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Depicting a family trip to Germany taken ten years after my husband and I had lived there sans kids, this short essay probes the possibility of memories robbing the present if one isn’t careful. Today’s experiences, after all, are tomorrow’s memories.

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http://greatmomentsinparenting.com/essays/strength-training-what-travel-and-adventure-did-for-our-family/

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No Drinking Fountains: Notes from a Thirsty Expat Mom in Dubai released by elephant journal today!

A few years ago, my family had the bizarre privilege of living in Dubai for a short time. Everywhere I looked, Dubai demonstrated a love for excess and opulence.

But one can’t drink grandeur.

Thanks, all, for reading, commenting and sharing!

http://www.elephantjournal.com/2014/10/no-drinking-fountains-notes-from-a-thirsty-expat-mom-in-dubai/

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My contributor’s copies arrived today! Take a peek at the artfully done front cover of Volume #26 of The Briar Cliff Review. I’m privileged to have my nonfiction essay Through the Sand, A Driving Lesson from Dubai included. Looking forward to reading the literary selections as well as enjoying the great art.

To read or not to read, that is the question.

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New Year’s wasn’t that long ago. So, how are you doing with your New Year’s resolutions? If you made them, are you remembering them? Shakespeare was on my mind one New Year’s and I resolved to take things a bit further and make a promise to myself. To read or not to read, that is the…

To read or not to read, that is the question.