by Carolyn on February 15, 2010
It feels eerily the same as when I was ten.
Waiting for a phone call that’s not coming. Wondering what I did wrong. Thinking that maybe the last time we talked I wasn’t nice enough, didn’t seem interested enough in his life, or that maybe somehow I upset him. That internal dialogue is whispering through my [...]
by Carolyn on February 1, 2010
I know, I know. Here we go again. This is something I’ve been trying to get off the ground for as long as this website has been around. It’s just such a big part of my vision for this space, I can’t let it go. And I want so very much for it to be [...]
by Carolyn on January 21, 2010
Last Sunday, my husband and I were lucky enough to have a ‘date’ day. I would have preferred a ‘date’ night, but I’m still tethered to my daughter Claire after seven o’clock, so a ‘date’ day it was. My mom and stepdad graciously offered to take the kids for the entire day, leaving my [...]
by Carolyn on January 11, 2010
I find myself dreading and avoiding that age old, over asked question this January.
“What’s your New Year’s resolution?”
I usually have one. In years past, I’ve answered with one of the typical and over used options like working out, losing weight, eating right and being organized. But this year I can’t even keep up the pretense [...]
by Carolyn on November 20, 2009
Have you ever agreed with someone on a topic only to realize later, after closer consideration that you didn’t agree at all, and you wish wish wish you could go back in time and change your answer?
Just me? Oh.
As a guest on the online radio show Coparenting Matters, one of the co-hosts Talibah asked me [...]
by Carolyn on November 1, 2009
There’s something very special about Halloween for a kid.
For me, Halloween has always existed in the upper echelon of holidays, along with birthdays and Christmas. And not just because of the inevitable sugar high either. The magic of Halloween lies in the dressing up.
I don’t remember what I was every year of my life. What [...]
by Carolyn on October 27, 2009
Maybe I’ve just had weddings on the brain, but it seems like I’ve been reading about matrimony everywhere. First, I read about the demise of the magazine Modern Bride. Can you believe that? The publication has been dropped. Then Wednesday Martin posted a link last week to the art and story of a second wife’s [...]