The Last Sophomore
November 13, 2007
Lois: Recently, my youngest daughter returned to college to begin her sophomore year. College today is more career specific, so students don’t often study the classics and philosophy. They don’t know the implications of sophomore, but we boomers do! Alas, and yet again, for the past several months I’ve lost ...
Sum-sum-summertime
September 7, 2007
Lois: Somewhere along the line, a student gave me a framed quotation that reads: The three best things about being a teacher: June, July, and August. My apologies to those teachers who are in school year round. Life is grand when you awake on a beautiful summer morning, wake the ...
Sitting on Top of the Hill
July 11, 2007
Chrystin, 30!!!: A certain someone (me) has a certain big birthday (30th) today. Remember when you were little and you thought 30 was super-old? Well, it’s not old but it’s also not what I pictured at all. When I was little, I thought at 30 you were married, with children ...
Never single at the same time
June 26, 2007
Lois: Paul McCartney released his new album last week, "Memory Almost Full," just a few days before his 65th birthday. As always, a great album with a message. It isn’t my impression that he intends this to be his swan song, but my interpretation is that these are words he ...
Don’t unplug that!
May 10, 2007
Lois: It happened just the other day. The incident I have so carefully avoided. I needed to move the outlet strip that my iPod docking station/alarm clock is plugged into. Then it happened. Oh noooo ... the plug unplugged! What to do? Quick, fix it. Plug it back in! Maybe ...
When did 8:30 get late?
April 4, 2007
Lois: When did 8:30 get late? About a month ago, Jackie, 18, was home from college on semester break. One evening she came home from babysitting during dinner hours and told me that she would like to make plans with friends to go to a movie. “Well,” I said, “you’re ...
Morning routine ties family together even when apart
February 20, 2007
Laura: It’s 9:35 on a random Wednesday morning when I realize it’s official: I am becoming my mother. I barely make it across New Hampshire Street without dropping something — and I’ve added at least three feet to my body’s width and 12 pounds to my weight. I have to ...
Wedding big endeavor for all in family
November 20, 2006
Mothers and daughters dream of some occasions their whole lives, and two weeks ago, we all shared such a moment when Laura married.